
Equinix rolls out 1MW fuel cell for Silicon Valley data center
Equinix is powering one of its Silicon Valley data centers with a 1MW Bloom Energy fuel cell

FaceBook open sources building an energy efficient data center
Back in 2006 I was the co-founder of a Data Centre in Cork called Cork Internet eXchange. We decided, when building it out, that we would design and build it as a hyper energy-efficient data centre. At the time, I was also heavily involved in social media, so I had the crazy idea, well, […]

Thinking it Through Some More: More on What Else? Social CRM
Bob Thompson raised a very important question in Jeremiah Owyang’s Social CRM Pioneer group (public), which I suggest anyone who reads this post, should join. “Can You ‘Do’ Social CRM without Social Media/Networks?” It is a serious addition to the continued discussion that is going on enmasse throughout the social sphere about what Social CRM […]

Can corporate social responsibility affect your company’s bottom line?
Your company’s share price can be negatively affected if you fail to behave responsibly in your business practices. I have written here a couple of times about environmental risks companies could potentially face. This first time I wrote about this it was in reference to FaceBook’s decision to source the power for their new data […]