A low Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) factor has been the highest achievement for almost every data center operator for years. ‘The lower the better’ has been our battle cry. It is all […]
PUE be gone!
Data Centers Will Invest in Renewables Despite the EPA, Not Because of It
Satirical news site The Onion has joked that given its track-record, the US Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, should drop the “E” and ‘P’ from its name to simply become “The Agency.” […]
Dominion Creates Clean-Energy Tariff for Facebook Data Center in Virginia
At least some portion of electricity consumed by the future Facebook data center in Richmond, Virginia, will be offset by solar energy generated by plants the utility that serves the area is […]
Data Center Power Usage. Do we curb demand – or feed it?
Ten years ago, a report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) warned that data center power usage was out of control. Last year an updated report found that energy use by US […]
Leading in Sustainability: Living Product Challenge
Superior Essex has received the International Living Future Institute’s (ILFI) first Living Product Challenge (LPC) certification ever awarded to a cable manufacturer. The certification covers the Category 6+ Low Smoke, Halogen Free […]
New developments in data center design
Top concerns among those building data centers are constant increases in storage and processing requirements, affecting rack densities, backup power needs, and MEP infrastructure. This article provides strategies on staying ahead of […]
Critical Thinking: a New Column on Data Center Infrastructure Innovation
Companies building data centers today are rethinking the way these facilities have been designed in the years past. Data centers are getting larger than they’ve ever been. At the same time, a […]
Superior Essex Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill Certification for Third Consecutive Year | Business Wire
Superior Essex has been recertified as Zero Waste to Landfill for the third consecutive year! When the company originally received its Zero Waste to Landfill certification in 2015 for its cable manufacturing […]
