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EPA Updates Energy Star Specifications for Data Center Equipment
Jan 9th
January 9, 2012 — As the industry works towards improving data center energy efficiency, the US Environmental Protection Agency recently updated the energy efficiency requirements for a handful of Energy Star qualified products and equipment for data centers. The green data center organization has announced new spec processes for UPS, data center storage, and Servers V2.0.
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EPA Updates Energy Star Specifications for Data Center Equipment
CoreSite Awarded LEED Gold Certification for Santa Clara Data Center
Jun 24th
June 24, 2011 — Data center operator CoreSite Realty announced on Friday the company has received a LEED Gold certification from the GBCI from the Green Building Certification Institute at the first of its four planned Santa Clara campus data centers.
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CoreSite Awarded LEED Gold Certification for Santa Clara Data Center
Transitional Data Services Joins Green Data Center Program
Dec 10th
December 10, 2010 — IT and green data center consultant Transitional Data Services announced on Friday it has partnered with the US Department of Energy and its Save Energy Now program to improve energy effiency of data centers.
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UK Government Turns Carbon Reduction Plan into Green Tax
Oct 25th
October 25, 2010 — The UK government announced last week that it now plans to keep revenue raised from the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme instead of recycling the money via rebates to participating companies, according to Data Center Knowledge.
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UK Government Turns Carbon Reduction Plan into Green Tax
Web Host Webair Partners with EFT Energy on Efficiency
Oct 21st
October 21, 2010 — Web hosting provider Webair announced on Wednesday that it had partnered with EFT Energy to better manage its energy consumption using EFT’s software.
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Citi Midwest Data Center Earns ENERGY STAR
Sep 15th
September 15, 2010 — Citi announced on Wednesday that its Midwest data center has earned EPA’s ENERGY STAR label for its energy performance.
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Citi Midwest Data Center Earns ENERGY STAR
Consonus Gets First Commercial Data Center Energy Star Seal
Aug 18th
August 18, 2010 — Data center operator and colocation provider Consonus announced on Wednesday that its Salt Lake City, Utah data center has achieved the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star rating for power efficiency.
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Consonus Gets First Commercial Data Center Energy Star Seal
Google Not Powering Data Centers with Wind Energy Anytime Soon
Aug 12th
August 12, 2010 — Despite the 114MW of wind power capacity that it purchased from an Iowa wind farm for the next 20 years, Google will not be using this renewable energy to power its data centers anytime soon, according to a report by Forrester Research analyst Doug Washburn.
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Google Not Powering Data Centers with Wind Energy Anytime Soon
NetApp NC Facility Earns First Energy Star for Data Centers
Jul 14th
July 14, 2010 — Data storage provider NetApp announced on Wednesday its data center at the NetApp technology center in Research Triangle Park has become the first data center to earn the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star for superior energy efficiency.
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NetApp NC Facility Earns First Energy Star for Data Centers