Biogas fuel cells will power an extension to eBay's data center in Utah, set to go online around the middle of next year. full story ![]()
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc now runs its largest U.S. data center entirely on renewable energy, with a majority of the power generated on-site from solar panels and fuel cells, the company's chief financial officer, Peter Oppenheimer, said on Thursday.
reuters.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
General Motors today unveiled a state-of-the-art $130-million enterprise data center at its Technical Center in Warren, Mich., and said it will open a second, mirrored site at its Milford, Mich., vehicle proving grounds -- part of a sweeping overhaul of its global IT operations.
forbes.com (4 days ago)

eBay has released a trove of information about the efficiency of its data centers, and plans to do so quarterly as part of a mission to continuously track computing resources and tie them to bigger business goals.
gigaom.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
The party’s on for eBay’s new Utah digs by Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 2, 2013 08:21PM MDT Online auction house eBay has officially moved into its new data center in Draper and will host a grand opening Friday to celebrate its new 240,000-square-foot facility. The two-building campus, which includes a separate one-story building just for employee...
sltrib.com (15 days ago)
By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Developers at eBay Inc are working on potential applications for Google Inc's Glass project, opening up the possibility that shopping and broader commercial activities might be conducted through the wearable technology. "EBay Inc is participating in the beta of Google Glass and we are exploring the various use-case scenarios," said...
yahoo.com (1 day ago)

Verizon is making its largest commitment to clean power to date with a planned $100 million investment into installing solar panels and fuel cells at its facilities. The company joins the league of Apple and Google with its aggressive investments in distributed, renewable energy.
gigaom.com (18 days ago)

Data from online trading site eBay has helped Centrelink catch out dozens of welfare recipients who are not declaring big profits from internet sales.
abc.net.au (2 months and 1 day ago)
Kansas lawmakers have approved a bill that would require the University of Kansas Medical Center to start a center to promote research and use of adult stem cells, cord blood and related stem cell therapies. The Lawrence Journal World (http://bit.ly/10FNAw7 ) reports that the House and Senate sent the legislation to Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday. The bill would prohibit the...
cjonline.com (1 month and 10 days ago)
Tech giant now runs its largest US data centre entirely on renewable energy, with a majority of the power generated on-site from solar panels and fuel cells.
businessspectator.com.au (1 month and 26 days ago)
Filed under: Investing Stationary Fuel Cell Market Will Reach $9 Billion in Annual Revenue by 2022, Forecasts Navigant Research BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- While growing in terms of megawatts and systems shipped, the market for stationary fuel cells is also going through a period of deep restructuring, with a number of companies exiting the space and a handful of new...
dailyfinance.com (12 days ago)
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