Servers That Generate Their Own Power

Data Center Knowledge (Aug 17 2010) Servers

1. What if your web server could generate its own power? Applied Methodologies Inc. has been working for several years to develop prototypes of servers and switches that use waste heat from the devices to generate power. The Wantagh, N.Y. company says its Thermoelectric Generation Systems (TGS) for servers and switches can recapture a portion of the energy used by the servers. Thermoelectric effects can convert temperature differences into electric voltage. AMI says that although thermoelectrics is less efficient than other methods of waste heat recapture, it can have value when applied across a large number of devices. Power generated by racks of TGS-equipped servers could be used to support equipment in other parts of the data center (such as UPS units or networking gear) or to reduce the servers’ power draw from the utility grid. (Read Full Article)

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