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Media Release: XMission Receives 4th Perfect Score of 100 on U.S. EPA Energy Star Certification
XMission has earned for the fourth time a perfect score of 100 on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR certification. Scores for ENERGY STAR can range from 1 to 100. XMission’s perfect score indicates that XMission’s data center is more energy efficient than 100 percent of similar properties nationwide. The EPA awards ENERGY STAR […]
Upcoming XMission Data Center Upgrades
An industry pioneer since 1993, XMission always seeks out the best emerging technologies available to improve our product portfolio. During the second half of 2013, for example, XMission is performing significant upgrades to its data center infrastructure which will dramatically improve cooling efficiency and effectiveness. We are also adding a solar panel array. HVAC (Heating Venting […]
XMission Recycling Initiative
As you can imagine, an IT company that’s been in business for nearly 20 years, with dozens of employees and a data center, has the potential to accumulate a lot of junk. Consider, for example, that computers have the lifespan of a banana, the resale value of the tuxedo you wore to your high school prom, […]
Free Electronics Recycling at all R.C. Willey locations
R.C. Willey is offering free electronics recycling on August 7, 8, and 9 at all locations along the Wasatch Front from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Recycling for this event is provided by Guaranteed Recycling Experts (GRX), a genuine recycler that returns 100% of the materials to the manufacturing process. They don’t export, landfill, or […]
The challenges of cooling modern data centers
As computers get smaller and more powerful, data centers face greater challenges to keep them cool. Blade servers, like the new Sun 6048 blade system we recently purchased for a next-generation hosting product we’re developing, are at the current bleeding edge of power consumption and heat output. To exacerbate matters, electricity costs continue to rise […]