What Cuts Power Use: Recession Or Efficiency?

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1. The recession may be cutting our emissions. It’s better if we can apply efficiencies while still growing, says Peter Judge A report this week says that data centre energy use is not growing as fast as had been feared. The bad news is that the slowdown is probably only temporary, and there is no evidence that it’s been brought about by better efficiency. Worse news is another survey suggesting that – while new services can be built in the best possible manner – there may be limits to how much efficiency can be achieved with existing services. Between 2000 and 2005, the amount of power used in data centres doubled, and it was expected to double again in the second half of the decade, according to a 2005 report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (Read Full Article)

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