Thursday, September 26th, 2013

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11:34a	Mellanox Speeds Data Transfer Between Remote Data Centers Mellanox launches its MetroX solution to carry high capacity traffic between geographically diverse data centers, and Ciena helps Vodafone and Fibertech deploy 100G networks. Mellanox MetroX TX6100 To accelerate data center connectivity across long distance and multiple geographic sites, Mellanox (MLNX) has launched its MetroX TX6100 solution to facilitate InfiniBand and Ethernet RDMA connectivity between data centers. Purdue University successfully deployed MetroX TX6100 over six kilometers to connect computation clusters to storage facilities. Providing access to its remotely sited supercomputers allows the university to organize assets to limited data center space more flexibly, resulting in higher facilities utilization without increased construction or building retrofit costs. The savings come without sacrificing performance. MetroX’s long-haul capabilities allow Purdue researchers to run more complex simulations and further advance their cutting-edge research in areas such as climate change, aerospace and molecular biology. “A common problem facing data-driven researchers is the time cost of moving their data between systems, from machines in one facility to the next, which can slow their computations and delay their results,” said Mike Shuey, HPC systems manager at Purdue University.  “Mellanox’s MetroX solution lets us unify systems across campus, and maintain the high-speed access our researchers need for intricate simulations — regardless of the physical location of their work.” Ciena and Vodafone expand 100G network Ciena (CIEN) and Vodafone New Zealand announced the completion of a significant network expansion to deliver low-latency “express” capacity between Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Traversing land and sea the 1,500 kilometer expansion of 100Gbps technology connects the three centers and is believed to be one of the longest 100Gbps networks globally, and a first in New Zealand. The development builds on Vodafone’s existing Ciena 6500 Packet-Optical Platform architecture to include WaveLogic 3 coherent technology  for 100Gb/s capacity across terrestrial and subsea areas. “Data is the fastest growing segment of our business,” said Tony Baird, Vodafone’s Head of Networks.  ”This 100Gb/s network expansion is part of our continued investment in the Vodafone SuperNet to support high speed data for our customers, and deliver a consistently excellent data experience.” Ciena used for Fibertech Metro 100G Ethernet Service Ciena also announced that Fibertech, a provider of metro-based fiber optic network services to customers in the eastern and central United States, has deployed Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform and Service Delivery Switches. This has allowed Fibertech to provide high-capacity 100GbE Ethernet-based services and applications to service provider customers, large enterprises, and facilities in the higher education, healthcare, and government verticals. With Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform powered by WaveLogic 3 Coherent Optical Processors, Fibertech has implemented 100G metro Ethernet services to the enterprise. “We are seeing an increasing need for high-capacity, programmable networks to serve our joint customers,” said Jason Phipps, general manager of global enterprise and government market verticals at Ciena .”Network convergence and service velocity are also both top-of-mind. Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform and OneControl management solution, both key elements of our OPn network architecture approach, help Fibertech to unlock the full potential of its fiber assets. Additionally, our collaboration with Fibertech – also a BizConnect Partner – has resulted in a number of strategic enterprise and public sector wins, and the expanding addressable markets within these segments create opportunity for accelerated growth.” (Comment on this)
12:00p	451 Research Summit: Building A Digital Infrastructure Playbook At the Hosting & Cloud Transformation Summit, 451 Research presented its vision for a playbook for service providers. (Image: 451 Research) LAS VEGAS - What are the key ingredients in the “playbook” for success for hosting service providers? That was the key question at this week’s Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit, where 451 Research outlined its vision for a portfolio approach to drive data center transformation. That playbook must sort out the right mix of infrastructure and services, find the balance between on-premises and hosted services, and how to position those offerings for IT buyers. “Part of the challenge has been understanding what’s coming,” said Michelle Bailey, VP of Digital Infrastructure and data center initiatives. “We remain very bullish about the market. You’re going to start to see that cloud and hosting is going to be a bigger part of the IT portfolio going forward as we move into this next era. “The expectations on all of us are going to climb,” said Bailey. “IT buyers will have higher expectations, IT suppliers expect higher levels of service.” Bailey said the economy is getting better, but not quite there yet. The most important point is that the cost of capital remains low, which has recently allowed a number of data center companies to raise debt at what is an optimal time. Where the Hosting World Is Headed What are the key trends? 451 Research did a study this year in conjunction with Microsoft consisting 1,500 cloud hosting companies. “What was really interesting to us, is that customers moving to a hoster are thinking of two things: cutting costs, and  how they’re going there to grow their business,” said Bailey. “Once a customer has been there for a certain time, growing the business becomes more important.” “Despite an improving economy and the huge shift to digital business, IT spending has not rebounded. Cost-cutting took center stage in the wake of the economic meltdown in 2008, and some companies have not yet shifted their IT strategy to suit an environment of opportunity. “There’s been IT executives that have built their careers on cost cutting projects,” said Bailey. “Now the market has returned and the cost of capital is low. It is dangerous that we’re seeing cost-cutting projects dominate. If you’re investing in efficiency when cash is abundant, it means you’re opening up the door for competitors to grab the market.” “If we’re going to change the industry, we can’t be spending more on efficiency than we do on projects that drive new business.” Services: Critical Chapter in the Digital Infrastructure Playbook The most successful hosters are the ones that help customers grow their business through supporting new applications, and enabling them to enter new geographies.”Once they move to a hoster, they look at the hoster as the organization that will help them grow their business,” said Bailey. 451 has also found that the portfolio of services that service providers offer has grown dramatically, and that customers are now prepared to pay separately for security services. “This is different,” said Bailey. “Previously, this was thought of something that was built into the price. Security services are one of the biggest opportunities for service providers going forward.” Bailey also sees growth in sales of disaster recovery services. In fact, customers are now more interested in premium services. The average number of services customers are buying is nine – and the overall expectations are higher. But there’s no clear playbook yet. The theme this year is building that digital playbook. SaaS applications are changing as well. “What’s coming is cloud native applications built specifically for cloud, built for scale,” said Bailey. “With that everything changes. There will be definitive SLAs around these applications.” With the changing world, hosting provider downtime is a more significant impact to businesses today than it ever was. IT organizations need to figure out which part of their portfolio can live where, and it’s up for service providers to help them along the way. “Cloud was built on a lack of transparency, but the number one need from customers is trust and support,” said Bailey. “The next selection criteria for cloud will be expansion capabilities.” (Comment on this)
12:30p	Trends in Colocation: From RMITS to the Cloud Tom Asbury is senior product manager, Infrastructure Services including network and colocation, at SunGard Availability Services. TOM ASBURY SUNGARD Availability Services Colocation is proving increasingly popular. Driving its growth the last five years has been the belief of IT organizations that multitenant data centers serve as a less-expensive, more flexible option than building their own DIY data center. By one estimate, more than 1,000 colocation centers already exist in the U.S. with their rise reflecting that belief. But the trends driving colocation growth continue to shift. Two trends worth paying attention to, in particular, are adoption of cloud-based solutions and remote managed IT services, or RMITS. As companies continue to seek cost-cutting opportunities while their information and data needs expand, the next growth driver on IT organizations’ minds is the Cloud. Contrary to some beliefs, cloud computing will increase the demand for colocation as the industry’s future rests with hybrid environments that incorporate both cloud and traditional colocation. Companies employing colocation strategies – either running the environment themselves or having a colocation host provider manage it – are interested in boosting productivity, paring costs and improving their services. RMITS allow service providers the opportunity to offer their IT managed services remotely to almost any location through network connectivity. RMITS solve a huge problem for companies that have gear in numerous locations and don’t want dedicated IT resources in each location. The recession and slow economic recovery sparked increased interest in cloud services and RMITS. Companies began to explore technology that enabled minimum investment so they could gain better cash-flow management during the weak business environment. At the same time, RMITS have let companies avoid unnecessary headcount and other overhead costs to support server, personal computer and storage services remotely. Cloud Computing Spurs Cloud Services at Colocation Sites The growth of cloud computing has sparked increased interest in providing such services at colocation sites, with Gartner researchers expecting an 18.5 percent growth in 2013 in global cloud computing. This equates to a total market size of $131 billion (U.S.D.). Overcoming concerns about cloud security explains why companies are shifting to cloud services at colocation centers. Just five years ago, the cloud wasn’t readily accepted. That’s changed, however, as more companies believe their data and information actually are well-protected in a cloud environment at a colocation site. Companies are still as worried about downtime today as they were a few years ago. With a colocation, they can simply put the downtime pressure on the cloud provider. Further, companies today visualize the cloud as fueling colocation, not suffocating it. Most companies don’t employ a 100 percent dedicated cloud environment; they employ a hybrid solution with a portion dedicated to colocation. RMITS Proving to be Another Colocation Trend RMITS also are increasingly in demand by colocation centers’ customers. With RMITS, you don’t have to move your data center or colocation site to gain such services because the provider handles all of those operations remotely. Instead, you explore the benefits of outsourcing through RMITS. This allows a company to gain maximum value from the investment made in their on-site assets as well as reduce ongoing operational expenses. RMITS are highly flexible, letting a company select as much or as little of its IT environment as necessary to balance the demands of infrastructure stability, resource allocation and budgetary restraints. The complex managed IT solutions can be provided remotely, helping companies’ on-premise environments be managed by a provider with IT managed services expertise. In providing such remote services, colocation centers generally deliver support for data center activities that is procedural-based. SunGard Availability Services even provides monitoring and OS management locally on a customer’s own site since its expertise can be leveraged from afar, extending many benefits of its monitored hosting. While moving to the cloud and RMITS are this year’s colocation hot trends, others will emerge for 2014. That’s how fast things are changing in today’s IT world. Industry Perspectives is a content channel at Data Center Knowledge highlighting thought leadership in the data center arena. See our guidelines and submission process for information on participating. View previously published Industry Perspectives in our Knowledge Library. (Comment on this)
1:30p	Coming Soon: The Data Center Comic Book Artist and data center professional Diane Alber is planning a book featuring her lovably geeky data center techs, Kip and Gary. Don’t look now, but Kip and Gary are getting ready to bust out of the data center. The lovably geeky data center techs, who have become familiar to Data Center Knowledge readers through our cartoon caption contests, may soon have their own book. Kip and Gary are the creations of Diane Alber, a Phoenix-based artist who works full-time in the data center industry. Alber says she created the duo to illustrate the many humorous elements of life in the data center, based on her own experience and many anecdotes from colleagues and customers. “People can relate to Kip and Gary because lots of the situations came from my friends in the industry,” said Alber. After gradually building an audience for Kip and Gary through her blog and social media (and yes, DCK), Alber is ready to take her creations to the next level – a comic book. To fund the initial printing, Alber is turning to Kickstarter, the popular crowdfunding community that allows artists and developers to raise money for apps, games, companies and even films. “There’s really no data center comic book out there, and I think there should be,” says Alber. “I think people would enjoy it. It’s going to be really nice. I want it to be a nice book and ideal for a gift.” Alber is planning a hardcover book that would be perfect for a data center lobby, where visitors can enjoy some light data center humor while they wait to start their visit. The book will include background on Kip and Gary and a look at how the cartoons are created. Alber said she has been contemplating a book for some time. “I finally have a great collection of cartoons,” she said. “We’ll have 70-plus comics in the book. I’m actually showing the process of how the characters are created.” One little-known fact: Kip’s name originated with an acronym (“Knowledge Is Power”) and he was originally a solo act. “It got hard without Kip having someone to banter with, so Gary came along,” said Alber. “You don’t really know who’s the boss of who.” Alber has a fine art degree from Arizona State University, but her path soon led to the data center. “It isn’t easy to make a living as an artist,” she said. “I stumbled upon this career by accident. I was bartending in Tempe, and all my customers worked in data centers. I really enjoy this industry. It’s awesome!” Alber has visited data centers around the country, and saw the comic potential in the world of servers and racks. “When I saw an opportunity to combine my art with all that I learned in the data center, I couldn’t help but do it,” she said. To take her dream to the next level, Alber needs your help. She’s looking to refine the details of her Kickstarter campaign before setting a launch date – which kicks off a 30-day timeline to raise the funds needed for the initial printing. Head over to the Kip & Gary web site to review the details, provide feedback and become a sponsor! Here’s Diane in a short video with more details: (Comment on this)
2:00p	Five Great Tips to Help Secure Your Data Center Cloud computing, big data, virtualization and IT consumerization are all finding their places within today’s data center. As with anything with information technology:  the bigger the service or platform, the bigger the target. Numerous surveys of IT decision makers cite the issue of security and availability as the major impediment to the adoption of cloud computing. After a string of high-profile attacks against financial services companies and online retailers, Internet data centers are increasingly the targets of hackers and cyber-criminals who view them as vulnerable to new and different kinds of attacks. Not surprisingly, Internet data center operators, public and private, must now reassess their defenses against the primary threat to availability—distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS). Attacks are moving from volumetric-based—where they try to simply overwhelm the connection with data— to more sophisticated, application-layer attacks that target specific services and are not high-bandwidth, making them difficult to identify. This white paper not only outlines the need to protect your data center – it also discusses the new application-layer DDoS attacks which threaten a myriad of services from Web commerce to DNS and from email to online banking. With that in mind – it has become more important than ever to deploy as many intelligent security solutions around your data center as possible. Download this white paper today to learn about five great ways to help further secure your important data center environment. This includes: 1.) Protect data centers from threats that cannot be stopped by other security devices 2.) Secure the availability of the most important asset: the data center services 3.) Protect the data center infrastructure and connectivity as well as customer services and data 4.) Provide much needed visibility at the data center edge and inside data centers 5.) Detect emerging threats by looking beyond the borders of the data center With even more focus around the modern data center – IT administrators must find ways to better secure their infrastructure. There’s no doubt that reliance around data center platforms will continue to increase. This means that every security measure which can help your environment safe from new types of attacks must be considered. (Comment on this)
2:58p	Equinix Opens Second Rio de Janeiro Data Center Equinix said today that its ALOG Data Centers unit in Brazil has opened a second International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Rio de Janeiro. Equinix said the new RJ2 facility will enable it to meet strong customer demand in the fast-growing Brazilian market. The new Rio de Janeiro data center has capacity for 320 cabinets in the first phase and will grow to 1,170 cabinets in two additional phases. It’s the first Tier III-certified data center in the city. Brazil is expected to see an increase in data traffic as it prepares to host the 2015 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. A recent TeleGeography study found demand for bandwidth from the US to Latin America grew 70 percent per year from 2007 through 2012, while growth on the trans-Atlantic route has increased at a 36 percent annual rate. Telcos have kept up with increasing bandwidth demand by laying new cables and upgrading existing systems, deploying more than 54Tbps of new capacity between 2007 and 2013. Brazil A Strategic Growth Market for Equinix “Brazil continues to be of great strategic importance to Equinix and our global customers looking to access the Latin American market to capitalize on the abundance of growth opportunities it presents,” said Charles Meyers, chief operating officer of Equinix. “The RJ2 facility in Rio is the latest in our ever-expanding global footprint of IBX data centers built to the highest of industry standards.” “In order to fully capitalize on the upcoming world events in Brazil, companies around the world must have local presence that encompasses top-notch IT infrastructure,” said Eduardo Carvalho, managing director, ALOG. “We’ve seen excellent traction in the financial services sector and the networking and content industries amongst multinational customers, and are well positioned to house and serve all verticals with this new facility.” Last December Equinix opened MI3, a new data center in Boca Raton, Florida to serve as a key hub for domestic and international routes. Adjacent to several landing stations, the MI3 facility offers the lowest latency route to Brazil via GlobeNet, according to Equinix. The RJ2 data center features a state-of-the-art rain water harvesting system that will help reduce water consumption by at least 70 percent and power consumption by 10 percent. (Comment on this)
7:55p	Oracle OpenWorld News: Evolution of “Internet of Things” Freescale Semiconductor and Oracle partner to evolve an “Internet of Things” platform, NetApp deepens its integration with Oracle products, and Nimble Storage offers a SmartStack validated reference architecture with Oracle. Oracle and Freescale enable “Internet of Things” Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) and Oracle have agreed to a wide-ranging relationship to help rapidly evolve the “Internet of Things” (IoT). Freescale is joining the Java Community Process (JCP) and work with Oracle and other JCP members to drive standard technical specifications for the Java platform. Freescale’s focus in the JCP will initially be on Java for resource-constrained processing platforms, such as the low-cost, small geometry micro-controllers that provide the embedded intelligence for IoT-enabled products. The companies plan to establish abstraction layer technology allowing Oracle Java ME Embedded to run seamlessly on Freescale’s  MQX embedded operating system and across a broad spectrum of Freescale micro-controllers, dramatically expanding the available processing platform choices for developers looking to create innovative IoT edge node products. “The immense potential of the IoT is undeniable, but its promise will only be realized if industry leaders join forces to do the work necessary to turn the vision into a reality,” said Geoff Lees, senior vice president and general manager of Freescale’s MCU business. “With its broad adoption, open source model, huge enablement ecosystem and well-defined roadmap, Java technology is ideally suited for IoT requirements. The powerful combination of Java with the performance and security of Freescale’s extensive embedded processing portfolio is well-positioned to play a defining role in the evolution of the IoT.”  NetApp deepens Oracle integration NetApp (NTAP) announced updates to the NetApp Solution for Oracle Database, which includes enhancements for Oracle Database 12c and Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c. This means that mutual Oracle and NetApp customers can more easily and effectively manage their data across private and hybrid cloud infrastructures. Through the use of integrated database commands, customers can make Snapshot copies of existing databases using NetApp FlexClone technology to reduce development times to seconds instead of hours or minutes. Customers can also monitor NetApp storage based on clustered Data ONTAP in a private or public cloud environment from a single user interface. “NetApp has a vision of enabling customers to achieve maximum business success by leveraging the cloud. With more than a decade of joint product testing and innovation between the two companies, we are rolling out offerings that help customers quickly deploy Oracle application and database environments while storing and managing this business-critical data across multiple cloud resources,” said Brendon Howe, Vice President, Product and Solutions Marketing . Nimble Storage introduces SmartStack Nimble Storage announced a new SmartStack converged infrastructure solution leveraging Oracle Linux, Oracle VM, and Oracle Database, running on Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). Nimble launched a series of SmartStack reference architectures that eliminate the challenges associated with deploying application, server, hypervisor, networking, and storage components as an integrated solution. At the heart of every SmartStack solution is a pre-validated reference architecture leveraging Nimble Storage CS-Series and strategic partners’ solutions. “Converged and integrated systems have rapidly moved from evaluation environments to deployments running production applications,” said Eric Sheppard, research director, Storage at IDC. ”We’re seeing a very high level of confidence in these types of systems as large and midsized companies leverage integrated systems to decrease time to deployment, reduce downtime, lower operation costs, and improve resource utilization. Nimble Storage’s expansion of their SmartStack offering helps to ensure they can capitalize on this current market movement by offering a larger portion of their current and future customers such benefits.” (Comment on this)
8:30p	Google Confirms $600 Million Expansion in The Dalles An aerial view of the Google data enter campus in The Dalles, Oregon at sunset. (Photo: Google) The Dalles, Oregon has become the latest member of the Billion Dollar Data Center Club. Google said today that it will spend $600 million to expand its data center campus on the banks of the Columbia River in The Dalles, bringing the giant company’s investment in the small town to $1.2 billion since 2005. Google has built two large data centers in The Dalles, which were the first company-built facilities. The project put the town of 13,000 residents in the national spotlight in 2006 when aerial photos of the Google server farms appeared on the front page of the New York Times. Earlier this year Google has filed plans with local officials to build a 164,000 square foot data center on its 37-acre property in The Dalles nestled alongside the Columbia River. Google built two single-story data centers at the site in 2007, which were refurbished last year with a “rip and replace” upgrade of its power infrastructure to support additional equipment. The $600 million investment suggests the expansion will include more than the single facility on the books. “We’re excited to expand our presence in The Dalles,” said Dave Karlson, Operations Manager for Google. “This represents our ongoing commitment to Wasco County, and the state of Oregon, and we look forward to our continued close work with this community.” Billion Dollar Data Centers The Dalles joins a select group of communities that have become the homes of billion-dollar server farms. Others include Maiden, North Carolina (Apple); Council Bluffs, Iowa (Google); Boydton, Vriginia (Microsoft); and Bluffdale, Utah (the NSA). These projects have been hailed by governors and economic development officials, who see data centers operated by Internet titans as symbols of the new economy. “Google’s investment in Oregon affirms that our state is a great place to do business and help communities grow,” said Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber. “A new investment of over $600 million illustrates the depth of their long-term commitment to the state, and is great news.” The City of The Dalles and Wasco County have approved a second enterprise zone agreement with Google, in which the company has agreed to invest at least $200 million and create 10 jobs. The company will also pay $1.2 million in fees up front to the community and $800,000 each following year while the agreement is in effect. This agreement is in addition to the company’s original enterprise zone agreement, under which the company agreed to invest $33 million and create 35 jobs. Over time, Google has invested more than $600 million and employs over 80 people, most of them local to the Gorge area in Oregon. Google will also continue its philanthropy in the community, which has seen the company award more than $777,000 in grants to support Wasco County Schools and nonprofits and grant $180,000 to fund the infrastructure for a free WiFi network for The Dalles. “This agreement is a win-win for us,” said Steve Lawrence, Mayor of The Dalles. “Google expands and creates jobs, and we all benefit. The annual payments will allow us to invest in progress and jobs in the community. I’m thrilled to learn that Google is planning to invest an additional $600 million- far more than the agreement calls for.” (Comment on this)
8:37p	eBay Goes Live With its Bloom-Powered Data Center An array of Bloom Energy Server fuel cells running on natural gas are providing the primary power for the new eBay data center in Utah. (Photo: eBay) Online auction giant eBay has debuted a new data center power design that abandons diesel generators and UPS units in favor of Bloom Energy fuel cells powered by natural gas. Executives from eBay and Bloom say the facility in South Jordan, Utah sets a radical new course for the data center industry, freeing companies from reliance on expensive power equipment for “just in case” backup power. “This is the first step on a dramatic journey that will totally change this industry,” said Peter Gross, Vice President of Mission Critical Systems at Bloom Energy. “It’s a matter of vision and taking a leap of faith, and that’s what eBay has done today. What eBay has done is truly revolutionary and will have a huge impact on how data centers are built.” The Utah facility is using 30 Bloom Energy Servers as the primary power source for its entire IT load, using the utility grid for backup power should the Bloom units fail. The Bloom uses solid oxide fuel cell technology that converts fuel to electricity through an electro-chemical reaction, without any combustion. Until now, data centers using Bloom boxes (like Apple) have used them for supplemental energy while retaining traditional UPS units and generators for emergency power. Last June eBay’s Dean Nelson announced plans to implement a “Bloom first” approach in Utah, and today eBay flipped the switch to go live. Nelson said the new design is not only more sustainable and efficient, but also more reliable. “The Bloom fuel cells are expected to not only increase our efficiency and lessen our environmental impact (approximately 49 percent less CO2 emissions than our first-phase data center), but also boost the performance of our commerce platforms by reducing the risk of outages,” said Nelson, the Vice President of Global Foundation Services for eBay. “In this way, we’re seeing proof that environmental considerations go hand-in-hand with good business strategy.” New Frontiers in Modular Density The new data center in South Jordan, Utah also features advances in the use of data center modules to deploy high-density servers. Dell says it collaborated with eBay on a new EPIC module that the companies say is the world’s densest modular design. The EPIC module packs more than 1 megawatt of IT power capacity into 24 racks for a density of nearly 50kW per rack while using just fresh air and evaporative cooling. Here’s a look: The Dell EPIC modular data center has gone live at the eBay data center in Utah. The unit houses 1 megawatt of IT gear in 24 racks. (Photo: eBay) Meanwhile, HP says a new EcoPod module developed with eBay is the largest single-module deployment ever, with 44 racks of gear offering 1.4 megawatts of power capacity.  The EcoPod offers additional capacity by using a “double-wide” design that joins two 40-foot containers, and can use outside air in its cooling system. Here’s a closer look at the EcoPod: The HP EcoPod module at the eBay data center near Salt Lake City. (Photo: eBay) In a period when hyperscale computing peers like Facebook and Google are designing their own servers or partnering with original design manufacturers (ODMs), eBay has chosen to deepen its relationship its existing server vendors. “What we’ve found is that working on custom hardware with Dell and HP really fine-tunes our infrastructure,” said Nelson. “We may have different paths in going to an OEM versus an ODM. But we have the same destination. “Dell and HP are extreme partners for us,” said Nelson. They’re an extension of our engineering team.” eBay also announced an agreement with renewable energy provider Ormat to develop an off-site waste heat recovery solution. The companies will collaborate on a new facility that will capture and convert heat from the natural gas pipeline feeding the Bloom fuel cells. Nelson says the plant, which will take up to 18 months to build, will eventually provide up to 5 megawatts of electricity. eBay has 13 data centers around the globe, including four in Phoenix, two in Utah and two in Las Vegas, where the auction house colocates servers at two of the Switch SuperNAPs. eBay runs 52,500 servers that use 31.2 megawatts of IT load, with a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.5 for the total footprint – down from 2.0 in 2008. (Comment on this)

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