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Google Tops Greenpeace ‘Cool IT Leaderboard’ for Clean Energy Advocacy

February 8, 2012 — Non-profit environmental organization Greenpeace released the results of its fifth Cool IT leaderboard, a list that ranks 21 IT companies on clean energy use and green policy advocacy. Its latest report finds Google to be the top green IT leader.

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Facebook IPO Filing Details Data Center Spending

February 2, 2012 — With 845 million users, and more than half of users logging in everyday, Facebook has provided some insight into how much it costs to run its infrastructure through the release of its IPO filing on Wednesday. Facebook has invested more than $1 billion in its infrastructure, comprised of its own data centers in Oregon, North Carolina and Sweden, and leased facilities in California and Virginia, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.

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Google Clean Energy Guru Weihl Joining Facebook

December 20, 2011 — According to several reports, including this one, published by Rich Miller at Data Center Knowledge on Tuesday, Bill Weihl, the former “green energy czar” at Google will join Facebook in a similar role, starting next month.

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Facebook and Greenpeace Make Peace on Renewable Energy

December 15, 2011 — Non-profit environmental organization Greenpeace and social network Facebook announced on Thursday that they will collaborate on the promotion of renewable energy, and develop programs that will enable Facebook users to save energy and engage their communities.

Facebook Critical of Google's Secrecy Around Data Center Design

December 2, 2011 — Facebook Prineville, Oregon data center manager Ken Patchett said it is “B.S.” that companies like Google keep their data center design a secret and view it as having a competitive advantage over their rivals, according to a report by Wired.

Digital Realty Trust to Integrate Open Compute Designs for Multi-tenant Data Centers

November 11, 2011 — Data center developer Digital Realty Trust announced on Friday it has joined Facebook’s Open Compute project, where it is adapting its multi-tenant data center designs so that customers are able to choose certain elements of the Open Compute designs, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.

Former Facebook Operations VP Joins DuPont Fabros Board

November 10, 2011 — Data center operator DuPont Fabros Technology announced on Thursday that former Facebook executive Jonathan Heiliger has joined its board of directors. Heiliger most recently left Facebook where he served as vice president of technical operations.

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Facebook’s Swedish Data Center to Showcase Architecture Design Work

October 28, 2011 — In the same week that Facebook’s Open Compute Project formalized some of its organizational structure at its summit in New York City, the company announced plans for a data center in Lulea, Sweden that will showcase some of the design principles that helped found that project.

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Open Compute Project Gets Organized at NYC Summit This Week

October 28, 2011 — At the second Open Compute Summit, held this week in New York, the Open Compute Project, a kind of open data center architecture effort created by Facebook earlier this year, saw some official structure develop around the organization.

Facebook Building Second Massive Data Center in North Carolina

October 4, 2011 — Facebook announced on Monday it has begun building a second massive data center in Forest City, North Carolina, even before the social networking site’s first data center has opened, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge.