Data Centers As Power Hogs -- Will Green Issues Impact High Frequency Trading?
James Glanz has an excellent piece in the Sunday New York Times and continuing today on how much power is consumed by data centers in the U.S. To provide fast response time, they operate near full capacity much of the time, and waste up to 90 percent of their energy consumption. Several data centers, including several operated by Amazon in northern Virginia, have faced large fines because their emergency generators were installed without permits, and others because the diesel generators have contributed significant air pollution during testing.
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