Technology news and Jobs arrow VIRTUALISATION arrow IBM leads Green Sigma Coalition
IBM leads Green Sigma Coalition E-mail
by Stephen Withers   
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Francis Murray Jr, president and CEO of the New York State Energy and Development Authority, said "We applaud IBM's approach of sharing expertise and technology through industry collaboration with IBM's Green Sigma Coalition and other public/private partnerships.

"The coalition's goal of providing customers with a unified view of their energy, water, waste and greenhouse gas emissions to enable overall efficiency and reduce environmental impact represents a significant advancement in the market."

In related news, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and IBM have announced plans to use excess heat from a planned supercomputer to warm Institute buildings.

IBM officials said the Aquasar water-cooled supercomputer will consist of two IBM BladeCenter servers with 22 Cell blades and 6 Intel blades, delivering peak performance of about 10 Teraflops.

Waste heat from Aquasar will be used directly to heat buildings, an arrangement invented by scientists at IBM's laboratory in Zurich. The chip-level cooling system was jointly developed by ETH and IBM.

Putting waste heat to good use should reduce ETH's overall energy consumption by up to 40 percent.

The plans call for Aquasar to begin operation in 2010.

Powered By Joomla Tags

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment!



 
< Next story in category   Previous story in the category >
iTWire user statistics Visitors last 30 days
694,279
Subscribers 15,210
#1 independent technology news advertise here
  •   *  
  • Search
  • AdvSeach
  • Login
  • Events
  • FreeStuff

- Advertisement -

Featured Whitepapers

Follow iTWire on Twitter

About iTWire

iTWire is all about technology news, information, jobs and community for the IT and telecommunications industry professional. Subscribe to our free ICT daily newsletter