The UK government's top CIO blasts the industry at an important Green IT event. Good read.
Datacentre
Government CIO: IT needs to tackle 'mediocrity'
IT swamped by datacentre energy needs
Nearly half of IT professionals admit that they had run out of space, power or cooling capacity at their datacentres, according to a recent survey of 150 IT professionals.
Datacentre used to heat swimming pool
Heat from a datacentre built in a bunker is being collected and transferred to the nearby pool as part of an innovative energy efficiency project undertaken by GIB-Services, a Swiss IT co-location company.
Electricity companies pay IT organisations to save power
Utility companies are increasingly concerned about the power crisis facing large organisations and in the US this week they have met to discuss the actions and incetnives needed to get IT organisations to take the issue seriously.
Companies still slow to green their IT – survey
Despite growing awareness of the need to adopt more environmentally friendly IT practices, a quarter of firms (26%) admit to having done next to nothing to green their IT, according a PMP Research study commissioned by the Evaluation Centre.
Sun to set up datacentre in coalmine
Sun and a consortium of other businesses are going to lower Blackbox self-contained computing facilities into a Japanese coalmine to set up an underground datacentre, using up to 50% less power than a ground-level datacentre.
Green500 offers new supercomputer list
The Green500 List ranks the world's 500 most powerful super computers by their energy efficiency. It is an important riposte to an IT industry which has so far put speed first
Intelligent datacentre shutdown 'could slash energy bills'
Shutting down the majority of datacentre servers at night or when they are typically not used is one of the most effective ways for large businesses to save energy, according to Fujitsu Siemens.
Europe leading US in drive for greener datacentres
 European businesses are overtaking taking the US in the drive for green datcentres, though both regions have a long way to go, according to new research...

UK ISP's solar-powered datacentre
CIOs are driving push to green datacentres
Contradictory results from survey show how much there is to do.
Chief executives and chief information officers are driving the push to green the datacentre, with 48% championing the cause, according to new research but only one in three is doing something rather than just talking about it....
Datacentre operators facing green tidal wave
Businesses are on a mission to improve the energy efficiency of datacentres and save money, according to datacentre operator Digital Realty Trust.