The component, IBM says, lets companies cool additional servers without having to install more floor-space-hogging, and pricey, air conditioning systems. IBM has released a cooling gadget for data-centres that's designed to extend the abilities of...
Energy consumption was one of the factors we considered when choosing their replacement, and by going for multi-function devices we have cut direct running costs by £50,000 a year, and that does not include any saving we make in our air...
With UK temperatures expected to hit 39 degrees centigrade (more than 100F) this week, half of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said they have either had to put in place extra air-conditioning equipment or take special measures to...
Tesco is reducing air conditioning in data centres and checking the energy consumption of new equipment as part of the supermarket giant's plans to reduce its carbon footprint. Cobain said: "We are looking at various things to do with how is IT...
Bracknell Forest Council calculated there was clear environmental and economic benefit to replacing its entire CRTs inventory with TFTs that put out less heat and therefore less strain on the air conditioning.
Replacing air conditioning by piping in outside air saved power costs with no appreciable increase in server failure rates, the company concluded in a research paper. The other compartment was cooled using air conditioning, and used as a control.