"Greening" The Data Center

Processor.com (Jul 5 2010)

1. The EPA reported a few years ago that data centers in the United States consumed about 60 billion kWh (kilowatt hours), or about 1.5% of all U.S. electricity consumption in 2006. Since then, the EPA says data center power consumption is on track to double by 2011 to more than 100 billion kWh, for a total energy bill of $7.4 billion annually. However, data center managers are not powerless to reverse this trend and are often in the position to use technology to slash power consumption while boosting server and network efficiencies. Here are some ways to make your data center more environmentally efficient, which, if applied on an industry-wide scale, would offset the EPA’s less-than-optimistic predictions about data center power consumption in the United States. In addition to covering ways to reduce power, some of the tips show how data centers can be more self-contained ... (Read Full Article)

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