Greenpeace questions the green in clouds

A new report examines how green cloud providers’ data centers are.

Greening up data centers could matter

Pike Research releases a new report that says the use of green technologies will significantly reduce data center greenhouse gas emissions.

Mind-blowing data centers

North American companies give cloud the most business

Data center services, including cloud, vary in adoption and maturity around the world, according to Gartner.

Google bests itself on PUE

The company released its annual PUE stats for its data centers, showing an improvement.

Modern data center borrows medieval security tactics

Visa’s data center employs biometrics, hydraulics and a good-old-fashioned moat to protect its east coast data center.

AC vs. DC in a battle for data center efficiency

A new study by Schneider Electric finds AC is as efficient as DC in today’s data centers.

Cloud improves data centers

A new study from CSC finds cloud makes good on data center efficiencies.

Lackluster cloud demand kills a data center

Harris Corp. shuts down its cloud hosting operation because customers still want to control mission-critical data.

Cisco wants to light up data centers

Cisco buys Lightwire to create high-speed, high-volume switches that are priced for data centers.