(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Amidst growing demand, tight energy supply and frozen capital markets, industry and government leaders will be heading to San Francisco to discuss the environmental impact of data centers, and the impact of existing and looming legislation at the seventh annual “San Francisco: DatacenterDynamics” conference on July 17, 2009.
According to data center industry information provider and conference organizer DatacenterDynamics (www.datacenterdynamics.com), this year’s conference will discuss how containers, modularity, high-density zones and mixed-use infrastructure are changing the way data centers are built.
It will feature a panel discussion that includes Facebook (www.facebook.com) site operations director Tom Furlong, Digital Realty Trust (www.digitalrealtytrust.com) technical services senior vice president Michael Manos, and Intel (www.intel.com) “Eco-Technologies” initiative manager and Green Grid (www.thegreengrid.org) director Jon Haas. They will be discussing how the industry’s changing realities are impacting the way facilities must be designed, and how containers, modularity, high-density zones and mixed-use infrastructure change the way data centers are built.
In a key presentation, British Computer Society (www.bcs.org) data center specialist group chairman Zahl Limbuwala will outline strategies to minimize a data center’s exposure to carbon tax by increasing energy efficiency.
In the UK, a cap-and-trade scheme is being put in place starting in April 2010 as part of its unilateral “Carbon Reduction Commitment.” Stateside, the 2009 American Clean Energy and Security Act, which would instate a cap-and-trade system, is making its way through the US Congress, having been approved by the House of Representatives on June 26, and there are strong indications the Senate will do the same.
Limbuwala will explain how data center operators can best anticipate the new regulations and mitigate their impact on business.
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s Andrew Fanara will update delegates on the development of EPA’s Energy Star program for servers and what the program’s launch in the near future will mean for data center and IT industry.
Other panels and presentations will feature representatives from NASA Ames Research Center, the US Army Corps of Engineers, and Sun Microsystems.
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