Colocation power costs (the cost of power in an outsource data center facility) can make a big difference in your overall IT budget. The raw cost of power varies throughout the country. Midwest colocation provider Lifeline Data Centers pays Indianapolis…
Building your own data center? It may cost you dearly. First, ask yourself how much data center downtime can you stand. Building a data center for 99.995% uptime (28 minutes of data center downtime per year or less) is expensive.…
If you agree, or disagree with the order of our list, or would like to suggest additional location criteria, cast your vote/send your input. 1. Below sea level or in a floodplain The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), created by…
There’s been lots of speculation about Google Energy, a new subsidiary the Internet giant has formed to buy and sell power on the wholesale market. At the Earth2Tech Green.Net event today, Google energy czar Bill Weihl said most of the…
Are hardened data center facilities protecting your mission critical systems? If you have a data center in the Midwest, is the building where your data center is located an F5 tornado resistant data center? Organizations that have a high cost…
