IBM’s Greenest Data Center in North America

June 20, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Amid what is now quite a steady stream of “green” data center news, IBM (ibm.com) reported this week that it has opened what it considers its greenest data center in North America.

IBM, one of the companies making the most noise in the green data center space, said Tuesday that it had opened a 115,000 square-foot facility in Boulder, Colorado that includes 70,000 square feet of usable raised floor space.

The press release doesn’t specify exactly how much the Boulder data center cost, but the company says the project was one part of a larger $350 million investment in the Boulder area to “help meet customer demand worldwide for green data centers.”

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IBM Builds Green Facility in Canada

June 11, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In what appears to be a part of its environmentally friendly “Project Big Green” initiative, IBM (ibm.com) announced on Wednesday it has partnered with web hosting provider RackForce Networks (rackforce.com) and gigaCENTER Services to help build Canada’s largest “green” data center.

There has been a great quantity of data center announcements the past few weeks, many of which have been focused around “green” data center initiatives. In May, Rackspace Hosting reported it had built a carbon neutral data center in the UK while Equinix announced that all four of its Silicon Valley Internet Business Exchange centers had received certification from the Bay Area Green Business Program.

Towards the end of the month, Yahoo! (yahoo.com) completed a turn-key data center lease agreement with Digital Realty Trust and the two companies were targeting the project towards achieving LEED Gold certification status as a “green” data center.

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