The Green Grid Expands to Asia

May 28, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Green Grid (thegreengrid.org), a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems, announced on Wednesday it has expanded its operations and efforts to Asia with a new presence in Japan (thegreengrid.org/japanese).

Responding to strong industry and government demand, The Green Grid has formed two new Japan Work Groups as well as a formal relationship with The Green IT Promotion Council to help expand the organization’s presence to Asia and to enable it to establish a unique set of best practices, metrics and technologies tailored for locally-based organizations.

“The Green Grid is responding to a long and strong history in Japan to improve data center energy efficiency,” says John Tuccillo, director of The Green Grid. “The launch of these new Work Groups will position The Green Grid to make strategic, tailored recommendations to Japanese businesses and organizations, with the goal to promote a sustained increase in energy efficiency.”

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Tags: asia, The Green Grid

Equinix Expands Green Business Initiative

May 27, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Equinix (equinix.com) announced on Tuesday that all four of its Silicon Valley Internet Business Exchange centers have received certification from the Bay Area Green Business Program (greenbiz.ca.gov).

The Bay Area Green Business Program was developed by local governments, in collaboration with the US EPA, Cal EPA department of toxic substances control and the business community, and “verifies that businesses meet higher standards of environmental performance.” It reviews company programs that support energy conservation, “green” purchasing policies, recycling, pollution control and transportation alternatives, and it awards certification after an external audit by local government officials, says Equinix.

Further emphasizing its commitment towards supporting green initiatives in the data center business, Equinix reports it has also become a member of The Green Grid (thegreengrid.org), a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems.

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Tags: Bay Area, data center, energy efficiency, EPA, Equinix, The Green Grid

Switch Vendors Call For Green Measurement Standards

May 21, 2008 — (GREEN DATA CENTER INFO) — ChannelWeb (www.crn.com) yesterday reported that network switching vendors want more standards around Green IT.

As “green” has become more and more of a buzzword in the switching market, vendors are trying to out-do each other in the field of power consumption. Or rather, lack thereof.

However, it is disputed exactly how the “greenness” of network equipment is measured. One thing many network switching vendors agree upon is that there needs to be some “standard of measure” in determining what’s green and not.

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Tags: Cisco, switching

IDC Announces Green IT Forum West

May 21, 2008 — (GREEN DATA CENTER INFO) — IDC announced plans today for the IDC Green IT Forum West taking place June 10, 2008 at the Santa Clara Hilton in Santa Clara, CA.

This event follows a successful IDC Green IT Forum East, drawing 200 attendees to New York City on February 28th. IDC says the program is designed for senior IT, technology, procurement, and strategic planning executives tasked with managing the role of Green IT to effectively measure and capture market opportunities for energy efficient systems.

“Most IT executives get the message that a Green IT strategy is a good one, but many simply don’t know what it will cost”, says Vernon Turner, senior vice president at IDC, “Many are wrestling with the Green IT business case, and quickly back into the skeptic’s corner. However, if they look at a Green IT as an outcome from a Lean IT strategy, then it’s a different story.”

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Tags: Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Hewlett Packard, IDC, Intel Corporation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

GSA considers data-center optimization

May 21, 2008 — (GREEN DATA CENTER INFO) — Federal Computer Week has reported the US government is moving toward making IT environments more energy-efficient, as the General Services Administration is conducting an analysis that could serve as the basis of a data center optimization effort.

Data center services are already part of the government-wide Networx telecommunications and network contract. The optimization effort would expand on that, said John Johnson, assistant commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service’s Office of Integrated Technology Services.

GSA is partnering with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Department on the possible initiative

To read more about this story on Federal Computer Week’s Web site, click here.

Tags: data center, Federal Computer Week, General Services Administration, US government

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