Microsoft's $500M Iowa data center to use shipping containers
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Oracle looks to Utah for green data center
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Inside the CIA's extreme technology makeover, part 1
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Review: Juniper switch proves to be credible choice
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Firm spends $75M on green data center
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Putting someone in charge of tracking the details, including order management and shipping, would have really saved some time, trouble and money for the University of Hawaii. Learn from its mistakes.

IT departments waste energy, U.K. survey finds
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