Green Inc. Column Seeking Energy Savings at the Heart of the Internet

The New York Times (Oct 11 2009) Power and Cooling

1. Digital-era icons like Google and Twitter have made life more efficient — and fun. But they also guzzle vast amounts of energy. Scattered around the world are scores of data centers that sift through the endless streams of information that keep the Internet and office computers running. In the United States alone, those data centers accounted for 1.5 percent of the country’s electricity use in 2006 — more than the entire state of Massachusetts. And their power use could nearly double over five years, according to government reports. Experts say that data centers present an obvious opportunity to improve efficiency. (Read Full Article)

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