Its always hard to pick exactly where to start in a conversation like this especially since this entire process really represents a changing life-cycle. Its more of a circular spiral that moves out (or evolves) as new data is introduced than a traditional life-cycle because new data can fundamentally shift the technology or approach. That [...]
Archive for the ‘Data Center Site Selection’ Category
The Cloud Cat and Mouse Papers–Site Selection Roulette and the Insurance Policies of Mobile infrastructure
Posted in AOL Data Centers, Cloud Cat and Mouse, Cloud Computing, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Operations, Cloud Regulation, Cloud Risks, Cloud Services, container data center, Data Center Clustering, Data Center Industry, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Site Selection, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, Modular Data Center, Online Operations, tagged Cloud Cat and Mouse, Cloud Computing, Cloud Regulation, Cloud Risks, Cloud Services, cost of goods sold, Data Center Business Decisions, Data Center Clustering, Data Center Industry, Data Center Infrastructure, Data Center Site Selection, data center tax deals, Marc Levinson, shipping container, the box on April 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Site Selection,Data Center Clustering and their Interaction
Posted in Carbon Cap and Trade, container data center, Data Center Clustering, Data Center Industry, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Site Selection, Infrastructure, tagged Ascent, CH2, Chicago Data Center, Data Center Carbon, Data Center Clustering, Data Center Site Selection, Data center water, Phil Horstmann, Power Generation Mix, Power Mix Volatility, Quincy Washington, Safe Harbor Regulation on July 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have written many times on the importance of the site selection for data centers and its growing importance when one considers the regulatory and legislative efforts underway globally. Those who make their living in this space know that this is going to have a significant impact on the future landscape of these electronic bit [...]
C02K Doubter? Watch the Presidential address today
Posted in Carbon Cap and Trade, Cloud Computing, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Site Selection, Green IT, Michael Manos, Uptime Institute, tagged CO2K, Data Center Business Decisions, Data Center Carbon, Data Center CO2, Michael Manos, Uptime Institute, Waxman-Markey bill on June 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Are you a Data Center professional who doubts that Carbon legislation is going to happen or that this initiative will never get off the ground? This afternoon President Obama plans to outline his intention to assess a cost for Carbon consumption at a conference highlighting his economic accomplishments to date. The backdrop of this of [...]
Open Source Data Center Initiative
Posted in Carbon Cap and Trade, Chiller Side Chats, Cloud Computing, container data center, Data Center Contracts, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Processes, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Site Selection, Green Grid, Green IT, Modular Data Center, Open Source Data Centers, Uptime Institute, tagged Data Center Pulse, data centers, Green Grid, Linux, Open Source Data Center Initiative, Uptime Institute on March 3, 2010 | 12 Comments »
There are many in the data center industry that have repeatedly called for change in this community of ours. Change in technology, change in priorities, Change for the future. Over the years we have seen those changes come very slowly and while they are starting to move a little faster now, (primarily due to the [...]
Kickin’ Dirt
Posted in Carbon Cap and Trade, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Power Capping, Data Center Processes, Data Center Regulation, Data Center Site Selection, Green IT, Infrastructure, Michael Manos, Microsoft Data Centers, tagged Data Center Operations, Global Switch, Joel Stone, Microsoft, Operations, Quincy, Site Selection, Washington on December 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I recently got an interesting note from Joel Stone, the Global Operations Chief at Global Switch. As some of you might know Joel used to run North American Operations for me at Microsoft. I guess he was digging through some old pictures and found this old photo of our initial site selection trip to Quincy, [...]
Stirring Anthills – My Response to the Recent Computer World Article
Posted in Carbon Cap and Trade, Cloud Computing, Cloud Operations, Cloud Services, container data center, Data Center Industry, Data Center Processes, Data Center Site Selection, Data Center Technologies, Generation 4 Data Centers, Michael Manos, Microsoft Data Centers, Modular Data Center, Personal Thoughts, tagged Anthills, ComputerWorld, Data Center Containers, Data Center Industry, Eric Lai, Microsoft containers on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
** THIS IS A RE-POST From my former BLOG Site, saving here for continuity and posterity ** When one inserts the stick of challenge and change into the anthill of conventional and dogmatic thinking they are bound to stir up a commotion. That is exactly what I thought when I read the recent Computerworld [...]
