What does a green data center look like - Network World
Posted by Eric Kraieski on Mon, Mar 02, 2009
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In February, Network World published a nice piece on the Internap data center in Sommerville, MA. Here are the first few paragraphs:
"Companies looking for a green data center model should take a look at the new facility Internap built in Somerville, Mass., just outside Boston, which is so environmentally efficient the local power company wrote it a rebate check for $453,000.
"A renovated warehouse building that most recently housed a 5,000-member church, the collocation facility is optimized to economically meet demands for cooling, humidity and power consumption that are common to all data centers.
"Internap expects that the data center will save another $400,000 every year by using less power than it would have had it not built to green specifications, says Mike Higgins, vice president and general manager of Internap's data center services. That is helpful to its bottom line as well as keeping down rates it charges customers, he says."