WA state denies stop work request for Microsoft data center based on Diesel Generator emissions, construction project continues

There is an environmental group in Washington state who wanted to eliminate the use of diesel generators at Microsoft’s data center expansion in Quincy, WA.  Microsoft has approval to continue with the expansion.

The group is led by a former Quincy mayor.

The group, led by former Quincy mayor Patty Martin, asked the PCHB to halt construction at the site in northwest Quincy until MYTAPN’s appeal of a Department of Ecology permit allowing the company to install 13 new diesel generators on the site is heard in July.

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About Me section

As part of the move to Squarespace I used the default “about me” location and changed what I wrote.

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In the past I had the “about” buried in the UI and gave a resume type of description.

After over three years of blogging on Green Data Centers I decided to change the description.  Here is what is now up at about me.

In 2007 I started blogging on the Green Data Center topic.  During these years, I have met great people who have a passion for greening the data center.  Two guys at the top of the list are Mike Manos and Olivier Sanche.  Both were clients and who have been become great friends.  Unfortunately, Olivier is no longer with us and passed away suddenly at the age of 41.

 

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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."