IBM helps launch green data center

IBM has teamed with New York State and Syracuse University to open what the company says is one of the world's greenest data centers. The Green Data Center at Syracuse University provides a showcase for a number of state-of-the-art technologies designed to reduce power consumption and emissions. Built at a cost of $12.4 million, the 12,000 square-foot facility generates its own power on site, for electrical, heating, and cooling systems. It houses energy efficient IBM Blade Center, Power 575, and z10 servers and is expected to use 50 percent less energy than a comparably sized data center using traditional power sources and hardware.

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