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The TOP stories of 2009: February
Water as a data center issue, some data center crashes, google commits to Finland for a big facility, Microsoft wants more efficient servers, Intel sees a quarter of server chips going into mega data centers, HSBC gets approval for second York data center

HSBC gets approval for York data center
£300 million construction plan given go ahead by local council

Tyco ships MRJ21 STP copper cabling system for data centers
Electromagnetic compatibility improved

Software upgrade caused Google data center overload in Gmail cascade
European data center maintenance led to service outage

Juniper reveals cloud data center division
Stratus Project will simplify large scale data center operations for cloud computing by rethinking the network

Management consultancy moves into data center transformation
Accenture and Cisco sign pact

Ready to break earth on Aus$1bn data center
Despite moving site, construction on the mega project is expected to begin in April

Iceland data center will go ahead one year late
Late but not never - reports

Transaction Processing Council to develop energy metric
Performance per watt to be added to price/performance benchmark

 
Metrics are the key to efficiency, what is the key to metrics? DCD FOCUS February2009

US Social Security to spend $750 million on new data center
Economic stimulus funds to be put into mega site

Sungard expands presence in Philadelphia
Full technical specification of $25 million data center investment

ASHRAE welcomes inclusion of energy standard 90.1 in economic stimulus bill
Access to $16.8 billion allotted to Department of Energy will require strict compliance

IBM's latest consulting offering will track your carbon output
Targets 90% emissions reduction from data center operations

Intel sees a quarter of server chip sales going into mega data centers
Promise of greater efficiency from pooling of chip resources

European enterprises project big data center demand
Demand for power to the rack to rise by one fifth

Price per rack rises 8.5 per cent in European colo space
Big price differences between countries remain

Chloride warns on Olympic power needs
2012 may lead to power issues in London

Colt opens up Ethernet services to US cities
No plans yet to build its own centers


Modularity: Sustainable and efficient - DCD FOCUS February 2009

Google plans to build a data center in Finland
Old paper mill property bought for $51 million as European data center landscape takes shape

Equinix sees 68% revenue jump and tax benefit adds over $100 million to profit
Further growth expected in 2009

Opportunities in the coming 12 months
While 2008 has seen the development of pronounced areas of concern there are future trends and developments that the industry feels will have positive impact

APC urges users to consider leasing
Slow depreciation on generators and UPSs make finance options attractive

IBM's dynamic infrastructure targets $122 billion market for connected devices
Tivoli based data center optimisation and automation at the heart of a range of cloud offerings

Moscow colo data center to offer partitioning and virtualisation
Tieto set to follow opening of St. Petersburg facility with Moscow investment

Cisco's CTO explains what it means by unified computing
Virtualisation putting data center architecture at an inflection point...

Riello launches energy level rating system
Claims industry first for UPS efficiency

Microsoft calls for concerted effort to increase server efficiency
Data center architect calls for pressure to be put on server makers and says ASHRAE should be encouraged to open temperatures beyond its current guidance

Green Grid invites comment on proposed proxy measurements for productivity
Eight to consider in detailed white paper issued at Technical Forum


Banks and their data centers - moving to the suburbs. DCD FOCUS February 2009

Minkels signs as EU COC endorser
Parent company Aegide Group embraces the code

Green Grid forum opens with new proxies and detailed metrics proposals
PUE Scalability launched

Telx picks Abovenet for dark fiber
New York and New Jersey data centers get connected

Cisco buys Building intelligence company
Californian software developer to be integrated into its Energywise division

GE targets big power and water cuts at Ohio data center operation
Energy Consumption to be cut by 11 Percent and Water Usage By 20 Percent

Endesa signs IBM for 360 million euro infrastructure projects
Unified IT model will cover operations in Spain and Latin America

Primus Melbourne data center crashes
Internet hub loses power for several hours and back up power unable to cope – reports

Links to other top stories from 2009: January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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