Facebook Cuts Back on Generators in Sweden
Updated: 2011-10-31 14:53:44
About DCK Advertise Subscribe Privacy Policy Events Home Featured Facebook Cuts Back on Generators in Sweden Facebook Cuts Back on Generators in Sweden By : Rich Miller October 31st , 2011 Tweet A dagram of the utility archotecture supporting the Facebook data center in lulea , Sweden , which will operate with fewer generators than Facebook's U.S . data . centers For most data centers , backup generators serve as the last line of defense against downtime during utility power outages . Some major data centers use more than 30 diesel generators to ensure a ready supply of on-site . generation Facebook is taking a different approach at its new data center in Sweden reducing the number of backup generators by 70 percent . Facebook says the extraordinary reliability of the regional power grid
About DCK Advertise Subscribe Privacy Policy Events Home Cloud Computing Mobile Network Operators and the Cloud The Cloud Computing Channel is brought to you by ZT Systems Mobile Network Operators and the Cloud By : Olafur Ingthorsson October 31st , 2011 Tweet Olafur Ingthorsson is an IT professional in Reykjavik , Iceland who writes about cloud computing at Cloud Computing Topics I recently had an interesting discussion with a UK-based consultant about the role of mobile network operators MNOs in the cloud and how they would deal with the surging mobile traffic . The discussion also related to data centers , network interconnections and proximity of . data This article is the first of two about our conversation and is a general description of how I see MNOs currently positioned to the
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About DCK Advertise Subscribe Privacy Policy Events Home Modular Data Centers Allianz Deploys Modules at IO New Jersey Allianz Deploys Modules at IO New Jersey By : Rich Miller October 31st , 2011 Tweet An IO Anywhere power module installed at the company's huge data center in Edison , . N.J Investment management company Allianz Global Investors of America is the financial services firm that has deployed modular data center space at the IO New Jersey data center , the companies said today The deal , which deployed 3.6 megawatts of IT capacity in just 90 days , was announced in July but the customer was not identified at that . time IO’s modular platform saved us from making a costly upfront commitment to multiple megawatts of power , 8221 said Jeff Wood , Senior Vice President ,
About DCK Advertise Subscribe Privacy Policy Events Home eBay eBay picks Finalists for Modular Design Project eBay picks Finalists for Modular Design Project By : Rich Miller October 31st , 2011 Tweet The eBay data center in West Jordan , Utah , will soon be expanded to include a second phase that will incorporate data center . modules When eBay announced a design competition for a new modular data center at its campus near Salt Lake City , it was flooded by 68 entries . On Friday eBay said it has narrowed the field to five finalists for the new facility , known as Project Quicksilver , which will build upon the designs implemented in eBay’s first modular project in Phoenix , Arizona . Like the first open RFP , the process will be conducted through Data Center . Pulse The five finalists
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, . About DCK Advertise Subscribe Privacy Policy Events Home DCK Top 5 Data Center Stories , Week of Oct . 29 Top 5 Data Center Stories , Week of Oct . 29 By : Colleen Miller October 29th , 2011 Tweet Luleå Mayor Karl Petersen , at left , and Matz Engman , CEO for Luleå Business Agency , officially Like the new Facebook data center in their town in northern . Sweden For your weekend reading , here’s a recap of five noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past : week Facebook Goes Global With Data Center in Sweden Facebook will build a huge new data center in northern Sweden to support the rapid global growth of its users , the company said today . The new data center in Lulea , Sweden will be Facebook’s first facility outside the United States . The location takes
As Leonard Kleinrock, UCLA professor and leader of the team that sent the first Internet transmission, notes, there were no cameras, no parades, no fanfare, and no deep meaningful message sent to mark the first Arapanet transmission between UCLA’s SDS Sigma and Stanford Research Institute’s SDS 940 on October 29, 1969 at 10:30pm. That two-node [...]
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Here are the five members of the Open Compute Project Foundation announced at OCP event - Arista, Goldman Sachs, Facebook, Intel and Rackspace.
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1) Pace of Innovation Increases
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3) Efficient at Scale
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With over 300,000 daily passengers, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), is responsible for not only keeping the rails running in the San Francisco Bay Area, but also maintaining up-to-the minute schedule data via their website. This information is used by thousands of developers to create neighborhood map apps and location-based services, as well as [...]
With so many storage options out there, nailing down what you need – or what you don’t need – can be confusing. An expensive, dedicated storage service might offer more muscle than your budget, or those holiday office party photos need. However, compliance-sensitive data must meet stringent storage criteria to maintain requirements. To help you [...]