Chip Measures Smart Grid, Data Center Energy Use

Reuters.com (May 12 2009) Monitoring , Emissions , Servers

1. Measurement is the first step of energy management, which becomes even more critical as energy costs rise. A new chip by Teridian Semiconductor is aiming at not only at concerns towards growing enterprise data center energy demand, but also for residential applications. Using technology they've honed through their utility smart meters, Teridian's chips could be key in managing IT energy costs. With annual costs for IT departments totaling over $4.5 billion in the U.S. in 2006 according to the EPA, there are ample savings to be made by reducing energy consumption. The same 2006 EPA report also projected 2011 data center energy cost at more than $7.4 billion. However, companies could implement smart measures towards energy efficiency and adopt that would more than half the energy use, according to the EPA. (Read Full Article)

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