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ODC-Noord: The Netherland’s northernmost government data center is committed to a zero carbon future

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One of four government data centers in the Netherlands, Overheidsdatacenter Noord (ODC-Noord), the northernmost facility of its kind in The Netherlands, is located in the picturesque city of Groningen. The migration to software-defined data centers was an important step in the right direction, but it’s just the beginning.

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Involta: On a mission to transform the world through technology

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Based in Tucson, Arizona, and with more than 240 employees, Involta operates 12 high-performance data centers in Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. One example includes the use of closed-loop, water-free, and refrigerant-based cooling systems in all of the company’s data centers.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: BISNOW Data Center Event.

Cloud Musings

Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. BISNOW Data Center Event Highlights Cloud. Reposted from " Habitat for Data-manity ". Cloud Computing Reference Mindmap. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing.

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NJVC to Spotlight Cloudcuity at Gartner Data Center Conference

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Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. NJVC to Spotlight Cloudcuity at Gartner Data Center Conference. speak on “Cloud Brokerage Services for Data Center Service Providers” on the afternoon of December 4.

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Building sustainability at the edge of the enterprise

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We refer to them as “deploy the edge” and “run the edge.” Balancing all this against the cost of deploying edge computing — the direct financial costs, the staffing expenses, and the related sustainability impacts — will enable organizations to estimate which data they should process in cloud workloads and which it should handle at the edge.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

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Two decades ago, as CIO and CTO at Nationwide Insurance, he inspired colleagues to implement what were then referred to as “green initiatives,” such as printing less paper and using more efficient lightbulbs. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Orro: Delivering a sustainable future enabled by the cloud

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But such services must be sustainably delivered – a key reason Orro supports and joined VMware’s Zero Carbon Committed initiative and is finalizing its timeline to achieve net zero operations. Notably, Orro supports customers at any point in their journey to attain and draw on such capabilities.

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