Jon Haas, a 20+ year veteran of Intel, stops by the program to talk about his work with The Green Grid, an industry consortium working to improve the resource efficiency of data centers. He chats with Allyson and Reuven about developing new tools and metrics for end users to help them make better decisions in the data center. They discuss Power Usage Effectiveness, Water Usage Effectiveness, Carbon Usage Effectiveness, and an upcoming IT recycling metric. The group also touches on “the greenness of cloud computing,” cloud development, and The Green Grid’s upcoming Forum and Members Meeting on March 6/7. You can find more on The Green Grid at http://www.thegreengrid.org.

0:00 – Introductions, discussion of Reuven’s vacation and news of the week

13:18 – Interview with Jon Haas of The Green Grid and Intel

32:48 – Wrap Up