Tag Archives: green

August, 2009

• 28 August

  WoodPellets.com sells for $115,000

  Alternative fossil fuels are a big business. This market trend no doubt influenced the sale of woodpellets.com yesterday, which sold at auction for $115,000 USD, or £70,676. Because of their burning efficiency, wood pellets have become a popular biomass fuel for green furnaces and other applications. Another recent large sale …
• 26 August

  Google releases data center efficiency video

  Last April, Google hosted the Efficient Data Center Summit, where bigwigs from the largest IT companies showed up to share tips for reducing resource usage, learn from one another, and share hugs and kisses. The attendees gained all sorts of useful insight on how to make their data centers greener …
• 6 August

  L.L. Bean builds green data center

  L.L. Bean may be famous for its outdoor products, but now it’s also known for bringing the outdoors into computing. The New England clothing retailer recently finished work on an 18,000-square-bart facility that is a step up from the drab design of most server rooms. Located in Freeport, Maine, the …

July, 2009

• 21 July

  Wind Powered Data Center

  A Texas-based company called Baryonyx will soon create a wind-powered data center. They were awarded three energy leases for a total of 46,000 acres. It seems many companies are more willing to consider renewable energy sources and green technology as it becomes more practical and affordable. Those who have struggled …