Green Computing

Recent News

Wind Power Draws Facebook To Iowa

facebook iowa data center altoona

"An abundance of wind-generated power" is chief of among the reasons Facebook will build a new data center in Iowa, the company said. Read more →

Google Data Center To Get New Renewables From Duke

google data center

Google will apparently get the clean energy it wants for an expanded North Carolina data center, as Duke Energy goes along with adding new renewable sources. Read more →

Greenpeace: Apple Moves Towards Cleaner, Better Energy

Apple Maiden data center solar

Apple released an environmental report Friday showing that it has made real progress in its effort to power the iCloud with renewable energy—not coal. Read more →

The More Clean Energy Powered Apple Waves Its Eco Flag

Apple Maiden data center solar

Apple's new environmental report, among key items, indicates 100 percent of its worldwide data centers are now fully powered by clean energy. Read more →

One Of The Most Green Data Centers In The World

Steve Hammond, director of NREL's Computational Science Center, stands in front of air-cooled racks in the high performance computing (HPC) data center in the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF). The rest of the system will be built out this summer using warm-water liquid cooling to reach an annualized average power usage effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.06 or better. (image via NREL)

Meet the first HPC data center dedicated solely to advancing energy systems integration, renewable energy research, and energy efficiency technologies. Read more →