Cisco, EMC, MIT build Green Data Center

Reuters and Greenbiz have an article on a Green Data Center effort.

Cisco, EMC Team with MIT to Launch $100M Green Data Center

Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:05am EDT

By GreenerComputing Staff - GreenerComputing Staff
The city of Holyoke, with a ready source of cheap, relatively clean hydroelectic power, will host a new, energy efficient data center that will bring innovation and jobs to the city.
The data center will be managed and funded by the four main partners in the facility: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cisco Systems, the University of Massachusetts and EMC.

This data center is adopting a research approach to innovate.

While the project is just at the launch of a 120-day planning phase, there are big hopes for the facility. "The potential for breakthrough technologies and research is enormous, and both the center and collaboration will undoubtedly serve to lift up the City of Holyoke and regional economies throughout Western Massachusetts," governor Deval Patrick said.