2011 European Data Center Summit

Perspectives (May 25 2011)

1. The European Data Center Summit 2011 was held yesterday at SihlCity CinCenter in Zurich. Google Senior VP Urs Hoelzle kicked off the event talking about why data center efficiency was important both economically and socially.  He went on to point out that the oft quoted number that US data centers represent is 2% of total energy consumption is usually mis-understood. The actual data point is that 2% of the US energy budget is spent on IT of which the vast majority is client side systems. This is unsurprising but a super important clarification.  The full breakdown of this data:   ·         2% of US power o   Datacenters:              14% o   Telecom:                     37% o   Client Device:            50%   The net is that 14% of 2% or 0.28% of the US power budget is consumed in datacenters.  This is a far smaller but still a very relevant number. In fact, that is the primary motivator ... (Read Full Article)

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