Here is a very cool timelapse video of how Metronode put up its data centre in Melbourne – in just 7 months. It also shows how effective the BladeRoom data halls in facilitating the construction process.
According to Malcolm Roe, GM at Metronode, the facility used 21 data centre module, 14 office modules, and 7 roof [...]
Metronode, the data centre operation of Australia’s Leighton group, unveiled ambitious plans to achieve PUE levels for its new Sydney and Melbourne sites that match the world’s most efficient facilities.
According to Metronode GM Malcolm Roe, the two sites will deploy a containerised data centre design from UK’s BladeRoom, as well as free air cooling that [...]
The 2nd Green ICT Application Challenge, organised by the ITU and Telefonica, has extended its deadline for submission to 31 May 2012.
The challenge is seeking submission of Concept Papers (maximum 6,000 words) describing a new ICT application that can reduce global energy intensity. The proposed application can be made of any kind of software tool, [...]
Here is a really cool infographic from Cisco on its raison d’etre and how it sees the world. Interesting tidbits:
IP traffic will quadruple by 2014 due to video
50 billion devices on the Internet by 2020
30% of all data to pass through the cloud by 2020
There are some pretty daunting data points, like the fact that [...]
GreenTouch, the global consortium founded by Alcatel-Lucent with the ambitious goal of developing technologies that increase the energy efficiency of information and communications network by a factor of 1,000, is claiming a major breakthrough for fibre-to-the-home network efficiency.
The new technology, called Bit-Interleaved Passive Optical Network, or Bi-PON, can reduce power consumption of fibre networks by [...]
Telefonica Germany has identified €1.8 million in annual savings as part of its participation with Nokia Siemens Networks in the GSMA’s Mobile Energy Efficiency Optimisation service.
The findings was part of a three year project led by the GSMA, which help the operator first benchmark, then improve energy efficiency by 14% per connection over the period.
“At [...]
The Broadband Commission for Digital Development has released a report on the potential of broadband to counter climate change challenges.
The report, Broadband Bridge: Linking ICT with Climate Action, is the result of work conducted by the Broadband Commission Working Group on Climate Change, chaired by Hans Vestberg, president and CEO of Ericsson and comprising several [...]
The GSMA and Bharti Infratel Limited have entered into a MoU to develop and promote green technologies for telecom tower infrastructure in India. The collaboration will involve working together to convert 1,000 Infratel towers into green sites. The initiative is projected to reduce GHG emissions by almost 11,000 tonnes by reducing diesel consumption, the organisations [...]
Data centre and telecoms facility operator Telehouse has pledged to use 100% renewable energy to power its London Docklands site.
The site, which houses the IT infrastructure of almost 500 major international organisations, will now purchase 100% of its energy from UK renewable energy provider, SmartestEnergy.
According to Telehouse, SmartestEnergy buys energy from independent generators from around [...]
Google has called it quits on its high profile RE>C, or Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal, initiative, citing engineering challenges and the fact that the renewable energy sector has made enough progress that it can now leave it to others to further research in the area.
“We’ve reached a point in our engineering projects where we’re [...]
Recent tweets
Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Interview with Telenor Connexion: Inside the world of M2M
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
Verne Global outlines Iceland data centre plans
Two years after we first published the Icelandic government’s plans to promote the building of data centres on its shores, a venture capital-backed start tup, Verne Global, is looking to make it a reality.
Verne Global, backed by General Catalysts from Boston, Novator in London and the Wellcome Trust, is now constructing a wholesale data centre [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 2: Cisco’s Unified Computing
Cisco this month unveiled what some company executives dubbed one of the biggest announcements for the network equipment maker – ever. With the announcement of its Unified Computing, Cisco officially enters the computing space, although not quite as previous speculation in the industry had outlined. Instead of just producing its own blade server, Cisco unveiled [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 1: Juniper’s single switching fabric
In the past couple of weeks, cloud computing has really taken off, with both service providers, server makers, and switching vendors all making big announcements on service deployments and new gear designed for cloud operating environments.
Specifically, both Juniper and Cisco made significant announcements in their vision of a next generation data centre environment that can [...]