Sustainable Technology

Green data center is planned in Auckland by Datacom. …

… “He hopes overheads, such as cooling computer equipment and conditioning the datacentre’s power supplies, will account for no more than a third of the Orbit centre’s total power consumption – which would give the datacentre an industry-leading power usage effectiveness rating of 1.5. ” …

Via Stuff.co.nz: Datacenter Green Performance

Qumranet shares report published by Ovum that offers an overview of desktop virtualization and the market opportunities and challenges. …

… “Solid ICE also offers IT managers easier access to remote desktops to provide maintenance and support, as well as instant, inherent disaster recovery. In addition, businesses deploying a green IT strategy can achieve a savings of up to two thirds on electric power with Solid ICE. Desktop virtualization – following in the footsteps of (and leveraging) the quickly expanding server virtualization market – is gaining a higher visibility among enterprise customers thanks to its potential management and cost benefits. ” …

Via Qumranet: Hosted Desktop Virtualization

Inside look at HP Labs where miniaturization and efficiency of new semiconductors is being researched. …