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April 3rd, 2007 [by Doug Alder]
While using green hydroelectric power(see previous post) is important, reducing the amount of power used is also important for the environment. Doing so frees up power for other customers which reduces the amount of non-green power that would otherwise need to be purchased on the spot market to meet those demands. Done in sufficient quantities it frees up green power for export to the spot market. now uses new quad-core server technology from IBM to give its customers more processing power and reliability while at the same time reducing its electricity needs due to the new efficiencies IBM has built into this technology.The new servers are three times faster than the servers Rackforce had been previously using, while using 30 percent less electricity. Rackforce has purchased 320 IBM System x servers in 2006 for $1.2 million, and expects to purchase 600 more this year.“One of our highest costs is powering our data centres, and anything we can do to save electricity makes a big impact on costs,” said Tim Dufour, President of Rackforce. “Our first priority is to provide our customers with the best value and the most reliable hosting available, and the second is being as environmentally responsible and energy efficient as possible. Our new IBM quad-core servers help us achieve those priorities.”