[CAnet - news] MIT to build zero carbon data center at rural hydrodam which will create jobs etc
"Bill St. Arnaud" <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:02:55 -0400
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This is a multipart message in MIME format. --===============1350332019== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_022F_01C9F8A0.C5C57E00" Content-Language: en-us This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_022F_01C9F8A0.C5C57E00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For more information on this item please visit my blog at http://green-broadband.blogspot.com/ or http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------- [Here is an excellent example of a unique partnership between MIT, Cisco, EMX to build a large data center in Holyoke, MA. With the advent of cap and trade, peak oil , shortage of energy supplies, and inadequate capacity transmission lines many organizations are realizing that locating your own independent sources of renewable power for your data center will be critical and provide a significant competitive advantage in the coming years. According to Grupp and Ellis there are only 6 sites left in the entire USA that can support a modern 40 Mw data center! As governments start to understand the significance of climate change and order a moratorium on building new coal plants or shutting down existing ones, not only will the cost of power skyrocket, but it simply may not be available at any price. Those sites that have arranged for their own source of energy, independent of the electrical grid, such as on-site windmills, run of the river turbines etc will be the real winners. And most of this capital deployment of data centers in rural/remote areas can be paid for though carbon offsets. Of course, high speed optical networks are essential for this strategy -BSA] Data centers are running out of space and power http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/05/28/study-data-center-sup ply-near-all-time-low/ "Data Center Overload" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14search-t.html Cisco, EMC Team with MIT to Launch $100M Green Data Center http://www.greenercomputing.com/news/2009/06/11/cisco-emc-team-with-mit-laun ch-100m-green-data-center The city of Holyoke, with a ready source of cheap, relatively clean hydroelectic power, will host a new, energy efficient data center that will bring innovation and jobs to the city. The data center will be managed and funded by the four main partners in the facility: the Massachusetts Institute of <http://MIT.edu> Technology, Cisco Systems <http://cisco.com> , the University of Massachusetts <http://umass.edu> and EMC <http://emc.com> . While the project is just at the launch of a 120-day planning phase, there are big hopes for the facility. "The potential for breakthrough technologies and research is enormous, and both the center and collaboration will undoubtedly serve to lift up the City of Holyoke and regional economies throughout Western Massachusetts," governor Deval Patrick said. In addition to being the hub of a community-redevelopment project, the facility, if and when it is finished, will be a high-performance computing environment that will help expand the research and development capabitilities of the companies and schools that work there. And hydroelectric power has long been a draw for big tech projects like the Holyoke facility, although rarely in as urban a setting as Holyoke -- the city is 10 miles outside Springfield, Mass., and is just 90 miles from Boston. Google's "Project 02 <http://www.greenercomputing.com/feature/2007/05/03/green-computing-google> ," a code name for its massive data center in The Dalles, Ore., was sited in that location because of the cheap and abundant energy from a nearby hydroelectric plant. 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According to Grupp and Ellis there are only 6 sites left in the entire = USA that can support a modern 40 Mw data center! As governments start to = understand the significance of climate change and order a moratorium on building = new coal plants or shutting down existing ones, not only will the cost of power skyrocket, but it simply may not be available at any price. Those sites = that have arranged for their own source of energy, independent of the = electrical grid, such as on-site windmills, run of the river turbines etc will be = the real winners. And most of this capital deployment of data centers in = rural/remote areas can be paid for though carbon offsets. Of course, high speed optical networks are essential for this strategy = –BSA]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Data centers are running out of space and = power<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><a href=3D"http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/05/28/study-data= -center-supply-near-all-time-low/">http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/arc= hives/2009/05/28/study-data-center-supply-near-all-time-low/</a><o:p></o:= p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>"Data Center Overload"<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><a href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14search-t.html">http:= //www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/magazine/14search-t.html</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <h1><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Cisco, EMC Team with MIT to Launch = $100M Green Data Center<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times = New Roman","serif"'><a href=3D"http://www.greenercomputing.com/news/2009/06/11/cisco-emc-team-wi= th-mit-launch-100m-green-data-center">http://www.greenercomputing.com/new= s/2009/06/11/cisco-emc-team-with-mit-launch-100m-green-data-center</a></s= pan><o:p></o:p></p> <p>The city of Holyoke, with a ready source of cheap, relatively clean hydroelectic power, will host a new, energy efficient data center that = will bring innovation and jobs to the city.<br> <br> The data center will be managed and funded by the four main partners in = the facility: the <a href=3D"http://MIT.edu" target=3Dnew>Massachusetts = Institute of Technology</a>, <a href=3D"http://cisco.com" target=3Dnew>Cisco = Systems</a>, the <a href=3D"http://umass.edu" target=3Dnew>University of Massachusetts</a> = and <a href=3D"http://emc.com" target=3Dnew>EMC</a>.<br> <br> While the project is just at the launch of a 120-day planning phase, = there are big hopes for the facility. "The potential for breakthrough = technologies and research is enormous, and both the center and collaboration will undoubtedly serve to lift up the City of Holyoke and regional economies throughout Western Massachusetts," governor Deval Patrick said.<br> <br> In addition to being the hub of a community-redevelopment project, the facility, if and when it is finished, will be a high-performance = computing environment that will help expand the research and development = capabitilities of the companies and schools that work there.<br> <br> And hydroelectric power has long been a draw for big tech projects like = the Holyoke facility, although rarely in as urban a setting as Holyoke -- = the city is 10 miles outside Springfield, Mass., and is just 90 miles from = Boston. Google's "<a href=3D"http://www.greenercomputing.com/feature/2007/05/03/green-computin= g-google" target=3Dnew>Project 02</a>," a code name for its massive data = center in The Dalles, Ore., was sited in that location because of the cheap and = abundant energy from a nearby hydroelectric plant. And last year, Microsoft was reportedly <a href=3D"http://www.greenercomputing.com/news/2008/03/04/microsoft-pushes-= energy-efficiency-cebit" target=3Dnew>looking to site a data center</a> near Quincy, Wash., and = its nearby hydroelectric facility.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>= <p class=3DMsoPlainText>To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><o= :p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>These news items and comments are mine alone and = do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or = management.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>------<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_022F_01C9F8A0.C5C57E00-- --===============1350332019== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canarie.ca/mailman/listinfo/news --===============1350332019==--