Microsoft to Discuss ‘Commoditization of the Cloud’ In Keynote At Data Center World Spring 2013
Microsoft’s Brian Janous, utility architect for data center advanced development, will deliver the keynote address at Data Center World Spring 2013 in Las Vegas, April 28-May 2, 2013. Data Center World organizer AFCOM, is pleased to announce that Janous will speak about Microsoft’s recently announced Data Plant pilot project — the first zero carbon data center that will be completely independent of the grid and will recycle common waste bi-products to sustainably power increasingly prevalent cloud services at global scale.
“The reduction of energy use in data centers is an enormous issue in our industry,” said Tom Roberts, president of AFCOM association and chairperson for Data Center World. “Microsoft’s investment in this area will be of tremendous interest to Data Center World attendees. Brian will provide valuable insight into the process of leading cloud-scale infrastructures toward a more profitable and sustainable future through strategic energy sourcing,innovative solutions to supply power to data centers through on-site generation, and the issues of power availability ”