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Data Center Design:
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Policy: Cap and Trade, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Carbon Tax, Emissions
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Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
Technology: Microblogging, Networking, Servers, Storage, Supercomputer
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Your Tax Dollars At Work
Forbes.com (Jan 11 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers
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he U.S. Department of Energy's decision to dole out $47 million in research funding to improve energy efficiency in data centers is an interesting approach to the problem. It's also one that will stir up some controversy for years to come.
On one hand, it rewards the same companies that created the energy problems now plaguing data centers. On the other, it offers a carrot to those companies, as well as others that have come along since then, to find ways to boost efficiency everywhere.
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