Data Center Diaries
by Beth Bacheldor
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Greenpeace questions the green in clouds

That apple ain’t green.
Greening up data centers could matter

Does green really make a difference?
Mind-blowing data centers

Check out these stats and facts from the biggest, greenest, safest and strangest data centers.
North American companies give cloud the most business

Where in the world are data center services booming?
Google bests itself on PUE

Google data center down – in PUE
Modern data center borrows medieval security tactics

Hope you can swim evildoers
AC vs. DC in a battle for data center efficiency

Battle of the Currents: AC vs. DC
Cloud improves data centers

Want a better data center? Try a little cloud.
Lackluster cloud demand kills a data center

Killer clouds for this data center
Cisco wants to light up data centers

Data centers may soon see the light

Facebook disputes data center taxes

Facebook has concerns over property taxes relating to its Prineville, Ore., data center.

By Beth Bacheldor

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the issue. What should tech companies like Facebook do as they spread their operations across the country and into rural areas and small towns? How should tech- and business-savvy companies do to smooth relationships, become good citizens? I know the issue isn’t new, and in years’ past many times the addition of one tech company opened the doors for many more, and as such, numerous tech corridors now run through all parts of the country, far and away from Silicon Valley. Thoughts?

Beth Bacheldor is a freelance writer and editor with more than 20 years' experience, with much of that time covering the high-tech and IT industries. She has worked for numerous publications covering nearly every type of business technology, including IT outsourcing, data center operations, RFID, information security, systems management, networking, business intelligence, and enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, and supply chain management . She has written for such publications as CIO.com, Network Computing, EdTech Magazine, Government Computer News, RFID Journal and many others. She has also written research reports for companies such as Computer Economics and Enterprise Management Associates. She spent more than a decade as a news editor and writer for InformationWeek and CommunicationsWeek. She lives by the sea in southeastern North Carolina with her two children.