Should The Federal Government provide incentives for data centers

Data Center Knowledge (May 19 2009) Cap and Trade , Servers

1. Should the federal government get into the business of providing efficiency incentives for data centers? Data Center Pulse thinks so, and has proposed that the U.S. government implement a system of financial incentives to reduce the energy used by data centers. In a proposal to U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, the board of directors of Data Center Pulse argues that current industry efforts are making little progress in making data centers more efficient, and that a federally-backed program that combines education and rebates is the best way to achieve meaningful reductions. (Read Full Article)

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