UK Data Centres Won’t Cut Energy In 2012

TechWeekEurope UK (Jan 11 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Servers

1. Most data centres in the UK will not be cutting their energy use in 2012. In fact, three-quarters will be using more electricity, despite pressure from energy costs and green taxes. Rising energy costs are supposed to be making data centres more energy-conscious, and energy taxes such as the CRC energy efficiency scheme are designed have the same effect, but still 76 percent of the UK’s data centres expect to use more energy this year, according to a survey by Data Centre World. The cloud is an energy hog It is not just a small increase either. More than one fifth (21 percent) expect to expand their energy use by more than 25 percent this year, according to the survey. While some of the increase may be down to growth and increased levels of business, it is also being produced by inefficient use of energy, despite the existence of ... (Read Full Article)

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