Microsoft Azure Datacenter In Qatar - Microsoft today announced that it will open a new cloud datacenter region in Qatar. With this expansion, Microsoft has 55 cloud regions in 20 countries around the world. The new cloud datacenter region...
Renewable Energy For Cloud Computing - “Data is the new oil” may have outlasted its usefulness as a metaphor, but one aspect still rings true. Both industries have a serious environmental footprint. According to the Department of Energy, data...
Amazon New Datacenter Processor Chip - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit has designed a second, more powerful generation of data center processor chip, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that...
FBI Grey Wolf Datacenter - The FBI has opened its data center in Pocatello, Idaho, two years after DCD first reported on the facility.
Known as 'Grey Wolf,' the 100,000 square foot (9,300 sq m) facility is part of a...
SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited has announced its plans for a tidal-powered data center in the Caithness region of Scotland. The power supply for a data center of that kind would include electricity supplied via a private wire network from...
Faced with more extreme weather events and dangerous heat episodes concerns about global warming and carbon emissions are on the rise. Corporate and cloud data centers are, unfortunately, part of the problem. Today, global data centers account for as...
The Arctic is often portrayed as a remote place that is rich in natural resources, such as hydrocarbons and mineral ores.
Yet northern regions of Sweden, Norway and Finland with 1.7 mil people collectively serve home to a remarkably solid...
First Solar CEO Mark Widmar said catalysts driving increased PV penetration continue to point to growing global momentum and strong demand.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has identified a trend of younger and larger coal plants shutting down.
Study by Energy...
Despite the long list of threats to which a telecommunications network is exposed in practice, there are many mitigation measures that can be taken to reduce the risk that these threats can pose. Although no network can ever be...
Organizations can utilize a variety of deployment options, technologies and services to increase the reliability of their power protection solution. Here are some of the most effective ones.
Redundant Deployment Architectures
Deploying UPSs in redundant groups can increase availability by ensuring...
