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Federspiel Controls to Enable Major Reductions in Energy Usage at State of California Data Centers
Yahoo! Finance (Mar 25 2010)
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Federspiel Controls, Inc. has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to cut data center energy usage by more than 25%. The project will fund the installation of the company’s enterprise energy management systems at twelve State of California, Department of General Services (DGS) data centers across the state.
“These Recovery Act projects will improve the efficiency of a strong and growing sector of the American economy. By reducing energy use and energy costs for the IT and telecommunications industries, this funding will help create jobs and ensure the sector remains competitive,” said Energy Secretary Steven Chu. “The expected growth of these industries means that new technologies adopted today will yield benefits for many years to come.”
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