Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, has announced that its London data centre has taken another step forward in reducing its carbon footprint by signing up to 100% renewable energy from UK provider SmartestEnergy.

Raritan has joined the consortium Green IT Amsterdam Region, which is  focused at creating a “Green Collar Economy”. An industry pioneer since 1985, Raritan offers ICT and facility departments innovative solutions to improve energy management efficiency, improve data centre productivity and enhance IT infrastructure operations.

Google has released what was once among its most closely guarded secrets: how much electricity its enormous computing facilities consume. The company said that its data centres continuously drew almost 260 million watts - about a quarter of the output of a nuclear power plant - to run Google searches, YouTube views, Gmail messaging, and display ads on all those services.

Data centre owner/operator, Metronode, has been selected for the Federal Government’s panel for the provision of greenfield data centres to government agencies, with the company’s two greenfield sites in Melbourne and Canberra selected as part of the panel. Metronode general manager, Malcolm Roe, said both sites will use the BladeRoom modular data centre technology which delivers “environmental benefits and real energy savings to the end user.”

Telx, a leading interconnection and data centre provider in strategic North American markets, has announced the successful completion of its Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16 examination. The examination was conducted by Weaver and Tidwell, LLP (Weaver), a full service accounting firm providing SSAE 16 Type 1 and Type 2 reports that evaluated Telx's design and operating effectiveness of internal controls and processes.

The Fujitsu Group has announced that it had succeeded in reducing year-on-year power consumption by 20% to 41%, depending on business site, in areas serviced by Tokyo Electric Power Company and Tohoku Electric Power. This marks a substantial increase over the 15% cuts directed by the Japanese government for the July to September 2011 period. In addition, Fujitsu offices and factories serviced by The Kansai Electric Power Company reduced power consumption by over 10%, as directed by the government.