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By: This is a tough objection to overcome « Yet Another (ex-)VC Blog

This is a tough objection to overcome « Yet Another (ex-)VC Blog — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:56:56 +0000

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By: Rich Miller

Rich Miller — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:10:06 +0000

For data center equipment suppliers, a key issue is whether installing their gear reduces the overall energy footprint or adds to it. Many vendors are emphasizing the energy efficiency of their new products, with the pitch that ROI is realized by managing the same amount of data using less gear and/or a smaller data center footprint.

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:23:21 +0000

Isn’t some of the Recovery and Reinvestment Act money earmarked for upgrading the electrical grid? You’ve done some stories about the money earmarked for broadband, maybe you need to dig in to this subject as well.

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:58:08 +0000

Douglas, nice post. For better or worse, I don’t see our demand for data centers decreasing even as some companies send information to others’ clouds. Even if we make them more efficient we still want more and more of them. It’s like switching to low-fat ice cream, but then sucking down the whole pint rather than a scoop.

By: Douglas Gourlay

Douglas Gourlay — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:28:39 +0000

have seen similar issues, the flight of the data centers from California being the most prominent – actually just linked you in on a related piece I was putting together… http://www.douglasgourlay.com