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• Point-to-point data center cable will cost you in the long run

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

• What does the future hold for data centre cooling?

  As Westpac Bank recently proved, data centre cooling is serious business. The bank made headlines after an air conditioning outage at its data facilities pulled down automatic teller machines (ATMs) and EFTPOS facilities for hours.

• Standard proposed for measuring data center efficiency

  A group of organizations led by The Green Grid has recommended a standard way for data centers to measure their Power Usage Effectiveness, aiming to bring consistency to the metric and make it easier for different facilities to compare their results.

• Green Grid to release new data center efficiency tools

  The Green Grid Consortium will release two free tools in the coming months to help companies measure and improve the energy efficiency of their data centers.

• Data centre managers concerned about EU green rules

  Nearly three-quarters of European data centre managers are concerned about the impact that environmental regulation could have on data centres - although 60 percent of companies now have green data centre policies in place.

• Scotland hotbed for green data centres

  Scotland is to host two pioneering data centres, with plans being announced to build an eco-friendly cloud centre in Inverness, and the world's largest computing facility in Lockerbie.

• Gartner shares data center efficiency secrets

  Power consumption at data centers is once again in the spotlight, after analyst house Gartner came up with a list of best practices in the data center, designed to save electricity and improve cooling.

• Researchers show off advanced network control technology

  Researchers can adjust network infrastructure to boost bandwidth, optimize latency and save power using an experimental technology called OpenFlow.

• Google proposes trillion dollar clean energy plan

  Tiring of its mission to "organize the world's information," Google has set itself a new objective: save the planet.

• One Google data center idea that really floats

  Google, which has been building out its data center inventory for the past few years, is literally floating its latest idea for the location of such facilities at the US Patent Office.

• Man accused in TJX data breach pleads guilty

  One of the 11 people arrested last month in connection with the massive data theft at TJX Companies, BJ Wholesale Clubs and several other US retailers pleaded guilty yesterday to four felony counts, including wire and credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft.