Sabtu, 31 Desember 2011

2011: The Year Data Centers Turned Green

Artikel ini memberikan gambaran bahwa semakin banyak kebutuhan internet di dunia malah semakin banyak dibutuhkan pendingin ruangan Data Center yang memberikan dampak buruk kepada lingkungan.

Pemain besar seperti Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Yahoo, dan Apple makin "menghijaukan" data center untuk tidak merusak lingkungan hidup, agar terus menjadi hijau.

Berikut ini adalah cuplikan dari website Wired.
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The amount of data the world stores is on an explosive growth curve. According to research outfit IDC, the digital universe will grow 44 times larger over the course of the decade, thanks to the rise of worldwide obsessions such as social media and cloud computing. And that means more data centers. But this data center boom comes at a time of high energy prices and heightened concern about carbon emissions.

The days of cramming truck loads of servers into a room and firing up a bunch of industrial air-conditioners to cool them are over. Here, Wired takes a look at nine of the more innovative facilities that came online in 2011.
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http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/12/green-data-centers-of-2011/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29

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