Lean, Clean and Green — The Uptime Institute Program in New York

Posted on February 25th, 2009 by Tom Groenfeldt

Steve Brill, who founded the Uptime Institute, was one of the first people to identify the power and cooling issues facing large data centers, and he quickly gathered a lot of big names to support his Santa Fe, NM-based organization.
This year he is bringing the institute’s annual symposium to New York, home of several big [...]

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Data Centres – Efficient Cooling Seminar

Posted on February 12th, 2009 by Tom Groenfeldt

This free one day seminar is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the issues, strategies and technologies that are associated with cooling today’s high density datacentres. This seminar will also deliver an analysis of the measurement tools available to effectively evaluate datacentre energy efficiency and how to interpret and use this information. [...]

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Green and Banking

Posted on September 10th, 2008 by Tom Groenfeldt

I am working on a story about green and banking, and frankly I am approaching the topic with a bit of skepticism. The ultimate green move would be to decrease consumption, but what would that do to the credit industry. Ah, what credit industry, you ask. Hmm, good point.
I was struck by an obvious contradiction [...]

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