About one week after releasing energy usage figures, Facebook showed how efficiently water is used at its data center in Prineville, Ore. The verdict? Good, not great.
Facebook Aims For Greater Water Efficiency At Data Center
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Mediabistro Event
In the digital age, businesses must get social or they'll get left behind. Learn how to give your business an extra edge over competitors at AllFacebook Marketing Conference, June 5 in San Francisco. You'll hear from social media strategists and brand managers at Toyota, UNICEF, and Starwoods Hotels & Resorts. Register today.
Get Social at AllFacebook Marketing Conference
In the digital age, businesses must get social or they'll get left behind. Learn how to give your business an extra edge over competitors at AllFacebook Marketing Conference, June 5 in San Francisco. You'll hear from social media strategists and brand managers at Toyota, UNICEF, and Starwoods Hotels & Resorts. Register today. Facebook, NRDC, Opower Debut Social Energy App
The partnership Facebook announced in October with the Natural Resources Defense Council and Opower finally came to fruition with today’s launch of a social energy application, in conjunction with 16 utilities.
LIVE At Facebook's Open Compute Project Announcement!
LIVE COVERAGE of Facebook’s announcement of the open compute project, a partnership with several vendors to create energy efficient data centers. Be sure to hit refresh to keep up with the real-time updates of this post!
Facebook Fueling Gas Boycotts
People are posting on Facebook about nationwide gas boycotts — one occurring tomorrow and another one on May 15 — at an increasing pace.
Greenpeace Calls For Facebook To Use 100% Renewable Energy
A new Facebook group set up by Greenpeace is calling for Facebook to use 100 percent renewable energy within their data centers. This is a reinvigorated movement from the initial backlash against Facebook’s environmental policies at the beginning of February. The latest group has over 150,000 members, far more than any previous group that has attempted to get Facebook to change their environmental policies.
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