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http://www.ibm.com/news/us/en/2008/04/2008_04_03b.html

IBM and GIB-Services have converted a former military bunker outside of Zurich into a very secure, energy-efficient, “green” data center. Heat generated by the center will help heat a nearby public swimming pool. When operating at full capacity the data center in Uitikon, Switzerland, is expected to create 2,800 megawatts of wasted heat per year — the equivalent of the energy needed to supply some 80 houses with heating and warm water for one year.

“This is a great example of an innovative client solution that not only provides a client with a secure and energy efficient data center, but is also a technology breakthrough to benefit the town,” says Steve Sams, vice president of IBM Global Site and Facilities Services. “Theoretically it is possible to reuse up to 90 percent of the electric power required for the operation of the data center as heat energy. Through reclaiming the heat, approximately 130 tons of carbon emissions can be saved. This corresponds to the carbon dioxide discharge of mid-size cars driving 500,000 miles.”

Very cool, an interesting read and illustrates how with a little thought we can be more energye efficient. Innovation in the way you use energy in the data center doesn’t have to mean re-design or re-configuration of the data center, it could be things like SAN boot, fresh air cooling, getting rid of disk array shelves or thinking do we really need all those drives to be RAID? (Particularly in those development/uat systems)

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