Are Data Centers Ready to Say Goodbye to the UK?

Relocate (Sep 21 2010) Emissions

1. A data center is a big energy user, allegedly using up to 50 times as much power as the equivalent business office space and incurring an estimated annual power bill of around $1.6 million. This situation is reiterated by the U.K.’s technology industry body, Intellect, which stated that the average data center consumes the same amount of energy as 25,000 households. Although many facilities moving to use more-energy-efficient servers and computers, the growth in this industry is outstripping the energy savings. (Read Full Article)

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