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This figure from the California EPA shows the state’s emissions per person, which have been in decline. Some tech companies in California worry that a proposed bill will inhibit this positive development. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A proposition designed to create jobs in California at the expense of the state greenhouse gas emission goals, has several technology companies pleeding with voters to oppose the legislation, which will go to ballot Tuesday
Images from the EFT Energy site, illustrating the Energy Manager software (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Webair ( www.webair.com ) announced on Wednesday that it had partnered with EFT Energy ( www.eft-energy.com ) to better manage its energy consumption using EFT’s software. Webair will use EFT’s Energy Manager AutoStart software to assess and monitor its energy consumption in an effort to lower its overall power consumption. The software provides live and historical data for all data center power usage, including HVAC and UPS systems, PDUs, IT load and generators.
A screenshot of a video from last year’s award show shows Power Loft president Jim Coakley accepting the NVTC Small Company Green Award. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed Web hosting provider ServInt ( www.servint.net ) announced Wednesday it has been nominated for the second annual Northern Virginia Technology Council’s ( www.nvtc.org ) Green Award for 2010. In recognition of ServInt’s Green Hosting Initiative, which was launched in 2008, the nomination is one of seven in the award’s “Small Company” category.
NTT Com’s Tai Po data center in Hong Kong (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications company NTT Communications ( www.ntt.com ) said Thursday its Hong Kong Tseung Kwan O data center will open between January and March 2013. At roughly 323,000 square feet, the new facility will be the company’s largest data center outside of Japan. The Tier III (Tier IV-ready) data center is a sister facility of NTT Com’s Tai Po data center in Hong Kong
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Search engine giant Google ( www.google.com ) has started construction on its paper mill turned data center in Finland. Google bought the Summa paper mill for around $50 million (€40 million) last March, and will spend an estimated $260 million (€200 million) before its completion early next year. Located in the small town of Hamina, it will be Google’s first dedicated data center in the Nordic countries.
Server cabinets inside of Netmagic’s data center. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Indian Web hosting provider Netmagic ( www.netmagicsolutions.com ) announced on Monday that its Chennai, India data center has been recognized as the country’s first Gold rated data center under the LEED Commercial Interior program ( www.usgbc.org/LEED ) of United States Green Building Council ( www.usgbc.org )
Server cabinets inside of Netmagic’s data center. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Indian Web hosting provider Netmagic ( www.netmagicsolutions.com ) announced on Monday that its Chennai, India data center has been recognized as the country’s first Gold rated data center under the LEED Commercial Interior program ( www.usgbc.org/LEED ) of United States Green Building Council ( www.usgbc.org ). The company opened the carrier-neutral data center last October , which is its fifth data center in India.
A chart from Environmental Leader, forecasting market growth for the green data center market.
