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Data center of the Month: Green Mountain; 
Energy storage is becoming a crucial factor in the energy conservation and renewable energy projects supporting data centers

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News around the data center industry for February 2022; 
Major players are moving into Africa; 
Databank adds Houston with purchase of 4 CyrusOne data centers; 
OVHCloud fire aftermath; 
Metaverse and the need for more data centers; 
Singapore to be selective about their data centers: moratorium to end?

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By request, we review the basic power path from grid to chip.  Also, Meta (formerly Facebook) continues to advance their supercomputer, with the goal of being the fastest AI supercomputer in the world before the year ends.   Questions on 'biggest data center company' and 'best certification' are also answered.  

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The largest markets throughout the world have been ranked for 2021 growth and sustainability by major developers, investors, and market watchers.  The top 10 and next tier markets are discussed for how they got there as well as challenges that will lead to further growth in upcoming market cities.  
Zero energy and zero carbon are defined, including how to 'translate' from one to the other.  
Several questions are answered as well, which we hope will help those listeners as well as others.  

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A new year, and it's time to look ahead at the things that may come to pass in 2022.  By looking at some of the changes over 2021, we can start to see what lies on the path ahead.  Plus a few green data center news-worthy items, and a quick touch on the conferences that are likely to be worthwhile to plan to attend, in-person or virtually, to learn more about the industry.  

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There are a lot of events & awards toward the end of the year, and we'll review the ones most relevant for the green data center industry.  Also we review the growth of sustainable & green financing via an example from Flexential's new green deal,  

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Upon request, the basics of mechanical cooling systems are covered, from hot & cold aisles to the data center air & water systems to heat rejection and the equipment involved end-to-end to keep the data centers running without overheating.  

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Updates from around the industry, including:

• Meta data center growth 
• Mergers & acquisitions
• COP26 update
• Wind farm & renewables plans
• Infrastructure & server product launches

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Kazakhstan has had a recent series of power shortages and blackouts, leading to the country clamping down on the cryptocurrency miners that have moved in from China.  How much does crypto mining work?  How much power are we talking about for Bitcoin, Etherium, and others?  And what is next for the mostly blockchain based digital currencies?  

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Recent acquisitions of CoreSite & CyrusOne are the largest in the industry to date; what it means for each as well as the buyers.  Quantum computing continues to grow as the applications and logistics advance; but are they poised to help or consume more energy than ever?

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