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eWeek Europe UK: VMWare Responds To "Green" Hydroelectric Criticism
Environmentalists have criticised VMWare's choice of hydroelectric power for the damage damming causes salmon stocks and local communities
Virtualisation specialist VMWare has responded to criticism from environmentalists for its use of hydroelectric power in a new facility that it claims has set "the gold standard" for green data centre design.
Earlier this week, VMWare announced that it had opened a US data centre in Washington State. The virtualisation software maker claimed that by making use of hydroelectric power generated from dams in the area it will save around $4m a year on energy costs and a further $1m a year on "local consolidation costs".
VMware chief information officer Mark Egan said that the company decided to practice what it preaches with its latest data centre. “VMware was running out of data centre capacity to support the rapid expansion of our research and development facilities. So, we decided to practice what we preach, and create the gold standard for a green, energy efficient datacenter that combines sustainable hydroelectric power with virtualisation and other best practices,” he said.
For more go to: eWeek Europe UK
Virtualisation specialist VMWare has responded to criticism from environmentalists for its use of hydroelectric power in a new facility that it claims has set "the gold standard" for green data centre design.
Earlier this week, VMWare announced that it had opened a US data centre in Washington State. The virtualisation software maker claimed that by making use of hydroelectric power generated from dams in the area it will save around $4m a year on energy costs and a further $1m a year on "local consolidation costs".
VMware chief information officer Mark Egan said that the company decided to practice what it preaches with its latest data centre. “VMware was running out of data centre capacity to support the rapid expansion of our research and development facilities. So, we decided to practice what we preach, and create the gold standard for a green, energy efficient datacenter that combines sustainable hydroelectric power with virtualisation and other best practices,” he said.
For more go to: eWeek Europe UK
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