Microsoft tests for green servers

Microsoft researchers are experimenting with low-powered servers using Intel's inexpensive, efficient Atom processors designed for netbooks, says Tech World.

The director of software architecture at Microsoft Research, Jim Larus, who was speaking at the company's TechFest earlier this week said, "They're not as powerful, so you may require many more of these servers in the data centre, but since each one consumes less energy, the data centre as a whole can be more efficient and get more work done for the same amount of energy”.

Microsoft is also working on software tentatively called Marlowe to take advantage of the Atom's fast sleep/wake features.

Responding to the need for companies to cut costs and carbon, Europe's largest technology exhibition, CeBIT, will feature a range of energy-efficient technology, reports eWeek.

The exhibition, which kicks off this week in Hannover, Germany, is one of the highlights of the European tech calendar. Over 5 800 exhibitors from around 77 countries and some 495 000 visitors from all over the world attended the show last year, according to the organisers.

This year green and sustainable IT will be a key part of the show with around 2 000 square metres dedicated to an exhibition area called green IT World.

Future Tech Enterprise will be exhibiting an energy-efficient data centre at the Uptime Symposium taking place from 13 to 16 April in New York City, says NewsLI.com.

This annual event brings together high-level industry stakeholders in corporate data, IT, finance, facilities, and real estate to deal with the challenges surrounding enterprise computing. The focus of this year's symposium is 'Lean, Clean, and Green'.

Future Tech's data centre solution is called iFortress, and is the East Coast's first structurally secure data centre solution with additional benefits that promote green technology.