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Microsoft’s carbon footprint keeps growing as AI drives data center expansions

GeekWire

Microsoft’s Thermal Energy Center at its Redmond, Wash. The center taps geothermal energy from the earth to provide clean power. But four years in, the carbon footprint for the cloud, software and gaming giant keeps expanding. gigawatts of clean energy already in its portfolio. headquarters.

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5 Sustainability concepts driving the data center of the future

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s an idea we’re proud to support, as it aligns with our own Data Center of the Future initiative. We believe investing in sustainable data center technologies isn’t just the right thing to do for the future of our planet; it can also be a key source of business value for our customers today.

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Private Data Center Trends for 2014 and Beyond

CTOvision

Today’s data centers are being built at the forefront of industry standards. Within the past five years, the way we construct data centers has changed dramatically. David Cappuccio, the Chief of Infrastructure Research at Gartner, told CIO that “Data centers will no longer be constrained by one specific site.

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Right-Sizing Data Center Resources

CTOvision

One of the perennial problems of data centers is monitoring server utilization to ensure right-sizing of resources. Nlyte's Predict tool can help with capacity planning, using capacity projections to predict future resource needs based on historical data, as well as planned changes to applications and infrastructure.

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Amazon renewable power leader on AI’s energy strain, a political dust-up in Oregon, and more

GeekWire

1 corporate purchaser of renewable energy worldwide. “Renewable energy is the place where you have a big impact on our carbon footprint today,” said Charley Daitch , the Amazon Web Services director of energy and water strategy. ” Charley Daitch, the Amazon Web Services director of energy and water strategy.

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7 Software Defined Networking Considerations » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

7 Software Defined Networking Considerations. 7 Software Defined Networking Considerations. The move toward software defined networks (SDN) in the data center is no longer a question of “if” or “when,” but “how.” A data center with near or above 1,000 active IP addresses is also a candidate for SDN.

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Eaton Updates Energy Management Software

Data Center Knowledge

Eaton updates its Power Xpert Insight power and energy monitoring software, and introduces Energy Saver System (ESS) Plus technology, featuring a new Harmonic Reduction System. Eaton ESS'

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