Squarespace’s Green Data Center efforts

The Green Data Center blog, www.greenm3.com is now hosted on SquareSpace.  My #1 reason for moving was for a better platform to create a new look for the blog which so far I like.  I migrated my content over from TypePad which I’ll write another blog entry about that effort.  For this post I want to write about Squarespace’s Green Data Center efforts.

First where is Squarespace?  They are in NYC at Peer1 hosting.

PEER 1 hosts the Squarespace data center presence in New York City, providing solid connectivity and power resources. While being a PEER 1 customer, Squarespace's business has grown by 300 percent annually for the last three years and has signed on tens of thousands of subscribing customers.

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New Data Center Construction in Pennsylvania?

A Data Center expert has shared his opinion that Pennsylvania is a great location to build a data center, but for some reason no one wants to build there.  Data Center Dynamics covers a possible change with Bethlehem, PA giving permit approval.

City green-lights 300,000-sq-ft Pennsylvania build

Facility to be built for data center services firm

Published 11th February, 2011 by Yevgeniy Sverdlik

Bethlehem Pennsylvania Main St

This week a US real-estate developer received an approval from local planning authorities to build a 300,000-sq-ft data center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The city’s planning commission approved a preliminary site design on Thursday, according to a WFMZ report.

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Danger of Repeating Signals without meaning

How many times does this situation remind you of challenges in your data center.

The danger of repeating signals

Kevin shares this great quote from the Count of Monte Cristo:

"I have been told," said the count, "that you do not always yourselves understand the signals you repeat."

"That is true, sir, and that is what I like best," said the man, smiling.

"Why do you like that best?"

"Because then I have no responsibility. I am a machine then, and nothing else, and so long as I work, nothing more is required of me."

China Telecom Supplier, Huawei discusses Green Data Center

China Telecom supplier discusses Huawei’s Green Data Center Solution.  This post is in simplified Han and is translated by Google Translate.

Huawei proposed a "green Huawei, green communications, green world" strategy, to join the global ICT industry's most influential environmental organizations GeSI, together with other communications industry counterparts to discuss the impact of the global ICT industry's environmental strategy, the implementation of methods, techniques standards, public policy, play a greater role at the strategic level. 
In the data center, Huawei proposed joint management of data center intelligence solutions, through the device level, the cabinet level, the full range of room-level, multi-level intelligent, automated monitoring and management, and gradually optimize the data center PUE, Lower Operating costs.

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How to build a Cloud, Intel’s Reference Architecture Library

Ran across Intel’s Cloud Builders – Reference Library.  If you were confused on what it means to build a cloud this list may help you or confuse you as the the list is long.

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Intel® Cloud Builders Reference Architecture Library

Key challenges and focus areas for IT include enhancing efficiency, security, resource utilization, flexibility, and simplifying data center management, among others. Intel works closely with leading systems and solution providers to deliver proven reference architectures to address IT challenges. This work is based on IT requirements—from a wide range of end users—that address challenges in evolving to cloud and next- generation data centers, including the evolving usage requirements of the Open Data Center Alliance. This lab-based experience is embodied in Intel® Cloud Builders reference architectures. Each reference architecture provides detailed instructions on how to install and configure a particular cloud software solution using Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers.

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