The supercomputer pioneer announced that it has created a new, energy-efficient liquid-based cooling method to keep machines cool even when operating at speeds of multiple petaflops.

The company is rolling out a four-point plan to reduce overall data center energy use and environmental impact through managing heating and cooling costs as well as other green IT steps; Trendpoint suggests that taking only one of the four steps could save up to 30 percent of energy usage.

In addition to using 1/16th the energy of traditional desktop computers, thin clients can require less maintenance and easier management for businesses of all sizes, according to a white paper released today.

The company touted the Edge this week, a high-density Network Attached Storage (NAS) product with an annual failure rate of less than 1 percent. The product is designed for high-capacity applications including healthcare and rich media.

The campaign from HP, Citrix and Intel plans to make Wednesday, August 27 a demonstration day to highlight the easiest way to lower an office's energy usage.

A survey of IT professionals said that, while almost all want their departments to be more energy efficient, not even half of their organizations are currently employing green IT practices.

The federal General Services Administration has announced a program to purchase discounted licenses of BigFix computer power management software, with potential savings of up to $750,000 per year.

The research group's "2008 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies" report singles out five trends that are growing in popularity and impact; green IT, cloud computing and video teleconferencing make the cut.

Microsoft has added 2,000 sensors for temperature and humidity in some of its data centers as a way of gauging their energy use; at the same time, the EPA's pilot program for an Energy Star rating for data centers will report its first findings this month.

Verdiem this week unveiled Edison, a free version of its Surveyor energy-management software designed to spread energy efficiency beyond large companies; Microsoft is urging PC users to save energy by adding Edison to their systems.