Is the Rising Data Center Energy Crisis Over?

Explore | CTO Edge (Aug 3 2011) Cloud Computing

...ess than expected and the methodology looked sound at first blush. Moreover, it even references the EPA’s Energy Star Data Center survey in 2009 (1.93 PUE) and the Uptime Institute Data Center Industry Survey in 2011 (PUE average of 1.83) and the positive impact of the improving ... (Read Full Article)

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Report: Data Center Energy Use is Moderating

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Aug 1 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...ements anticipated in the report to Congress,” writes Koomey, whose 2007 report to Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency has framed most subsequent discussions of data center energy usage. Koomey says companies have been......of between 1.83 and 1.92, based on estimates of the average PUE reported in recent samplings by the EPA Energy Star Program and the Uptime Institute. While some cloud computing data centers have PUEs ... (Read Full Article)

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Power Usage Effectiveness 2 – The Sequel

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 1 2011)

...HRAE, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now Program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program, United States Green Building Council, Uptime Institute and The Green Grid. We’ll hear thoughts from members of the task force shortly. But first, let’s ta... (Read Full Article)

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Data centers, under strain, expand at furious pace

Explore Computerworld (May 19 2011) Cloud Computing

...onomy, as well as the pressure data center and IT managers are under to keep up with demand. The Uptime Institute, for the first time, recently surveyed 525 data center operators and owners, 71% of whom are in Nor......ave required an additional 10 power plants. Power consumption had previously doubled from 2000. The EPA has not updated its 2007 estimate, but it's believed that the recession and improvements ... (Read Full Article)

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The Green Grid Others Agree to Recommendations on Measuring Energy Efficiency

Explore Web Host Industry Review (May 17 2011)

...Group, the US Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now and Federal Energy Management Programs, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program, the US Green Building Council and the Uptime Institute. The report puts forward the apparently agreed-to principles that: PUE is the preferred energy effi... (Read Full Article)

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Task Force Updates Guidance on Measuring PUE

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 17 2011) Monitoring , Servers

...The Green Grid, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, U.S. Department of Energy Save Energy Now Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program, United States Green Building Council, and Uptime Institute. PUE compares a facility’s total power usage to the amount of power used by the IT equipment, reve... (Read Full Article)

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Uptime Institute: The Average PUE is 1.8

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 10 2011)

...ating for data centers is 1.8, according to a survey of more than 500 data centers conducted by The Uptime Institute. PUE has become the leading metric for tracking the energy efficiency of data centers. The ave......rs, has previously said that the average PUE was around 2.5. Others cite an average of 2.0, and the EPA’s Energy Star program reported a 1.91 average PUE ... (Read Full Article)

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A Data Vault With a Green Complexion

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 26 2011) Solar , Cloud Computing , Servers

...nd has also shown an unusual commitment to industry certifications, gaining validation from The Uptime Institute as a Tier III data center, while pursuing a Gold-level certification under the LEED ( Leadership in......fficient building. The Vault also intends to gain acceptance as an Energy Star data center from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Vault will offer colocation, disaster recovery and cloud computing services. BendBroadband ... (Read Full Article)

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What is a green data center?

Explore Environmental Information, Green News (Mar 22 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...orage and processing – use an estimated 100 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That $7.4 billion annual light bill represents nearly 2 percent of the total U.S. electricity cons......five years ago, the nation’s servers and data centers consumed about 61 billion kilowatt-hours. The EPA estimates a 10 percent improvement in the energy efficiency of the nation’s data centers would ... (Read Full Article)

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How Big is the Data Center Construction Market?

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Mar 16 2011) Cloud Computing

...oomey, Uptime Data Cited Belady based his projections on data from Jonathan Koomey of Stanford, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and The Uptime Institute. Koomey has done landmark research on energy use by data centers, while Uptime has developed mod... (Read Full Article)

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FedEx Unveils "Green" Data Center in Colorado Springs

Explore Corporate Social Responsibility News (Feb 16 2011) Power and Cooling

...ghts, etc. versus the amount of electricity used to run the computing environment. According to the Uptime Institute, the typical data center has an average PUE of 2.5. The EDC-W PUE is 1.28, with a ratio of "1.0" in...... a member, developed the PUE. The organization collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program and others to define a ... (Read Full Article)

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How A Good PUE Can Save 10 Megawatts

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Sep 13 2010)

...utilization.” What’s an ‘Average’ PUE? There is some debate about the industry average for PUE. The Uptime Institute, which tracks the operations of a group of enterprise data centers, says the average PUE is 2.5. Ot......oup of enterprise data centers, says the average PUE is 2.5. Others cite an average of 2.0, and the EPA’s Energy Star program reported a 1.91 average PUE ... (Read Full Article)

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The Planet Opens Dallas Data Center Expansion : Features Energy-Efficient Design ...

Explore Press Release Distribution Online (Aug 15 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

...l be approximately 1.5, which is below the 1.6 "ideal" ranking. The coefficient of efficiency is an EPA- and Uptime Institute-recognized measurement of the total power necessary to operate a data center divided by its critica... (Read Full Article)

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Data Center Metrics Demystified

Explore Processor.com (Jul 2 2010)

...define the majority of energy uses within a data center.” W. Pitt Turner, executive director of the Uptime Institute (www.uptimeinstitute.org), says having competing metrics discourages the industry from taking any a......g competing metrics discourages the industry from taking any action. He notes, “The Institute, DoE, EPA, The Green Grid, and other organizations in the data center industry agreed in January 2010 to focu... (Read Full Article)

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The Coming "C" Change in Datacenters

Explore HPCwire (Jun 15 2010) Monitoring , Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

Recently, I was at the Uptime Institute in New York and had several conversations about carbon dioxide (CO2) management for datacenters. En...... emit 25,000 metric tons or more per year of GHG emissions are required to submit annual reports to EPA. This would include the largest datacenters, and there is a concern that over time this floor of 25... (Read Full Article)

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Carbon tax could whack data centers

Explore Recent Blogs (May 18 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

A carbon tax is inevitable, several speakers and panelists said at the Uptime Institute IT Symposium this week. Data centers that don't plan for it could get whacked with millions of doll......nergy efficiency researcher, consulting professor with Stanford University and project scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It is impossible to meet government mandated carbon reduction targets without one, he says. A ca... (Read Full Article)

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Combating Thermal Issues with Next-Gen Tools

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 10 2010) Cap and Trade , Servers

... solutions include The Green Grid (an industry group focused on data center energy efficiency), the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), 7×24 Exchange, Uptime Institute, AFCOM and ASHRAE TC9.9.  The latter is working with server manufacturers to improve hardware energ... (Read Full Article)

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Three Options for Energy-Efficient Data Centers

Explore environmentalleader.com (Apr 21 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

...y or power unit efficiency (PUE) include idle capacity and the type of equipment used, according to Uptime Institute. The Green Grid, together with several global government and industry groups including the EPA, recently agreed to global data center energy-efficiency metrics centered on the PUE rating. ... (Read Full Article)

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Does data center uptime affect energy efficiency?

Explore Data Center (Apr 6 2010) Servers

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New federal data center energy-efficiency guidelines on tap

Explore Data Center (Feb 26 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

...veloping widely accepted standards for measuring a data center's energy efficiency. Along with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is working with six data center industry groups: 7x24 Exchang......RAE), the Green Grid, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the U.S. Green Building Council, and the Uptime Institute. The goals? To standardize data center efficiency metrics, which could help prevent "greenwashing,"... (Read Full Article)

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Joining IT and Facilities

Explore Relocate (Feb 22 2010) Cloud Computing

...ramatically and is expected a curve that will only increase faster over the next few years.  The US EPA estimated that electricity costs increased 8% from 2008 to 2009.  The increased power and energy co......ine with the increases in processor power.  As Kenneth Brill, founder and executive director of the Uptime Institute, has stated, “Server compute performance has been increasing by a factor of three every two years, ... (Read Full Article)

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Top Data Center Groups Meet, Discuss Efficiency

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 4 2010) Servers

...n Grid. The Jan. 13 meeting involved representatives of The Green Grid, the 7×24 Exchange, The Uptime Institute, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Program, the U.S. Green Building Council, and the HVAC industry group ASHRAE. * Top D......d reduce energy consumption,” according to an announcement by ICF International on behalf of the EPA ... (Read Full Article)

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Data Centers Focus on Greener Power

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 29 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Solar , Servers

... renewable energy, the disparity between renewables and coal may also be altered by regulation. The EPA’s Ben Machol said pending legislation will not just boost renewable energy sources, but could also ......a broader context for the issue. ”Dirty electricity is already expensive,” said John Stanley of the Uptime Institute. “It only looks cheap.” (Read Full Article)

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Energy Regulation and Data Centers

Explore Relocate (Sep 3 2009) Cap and Trade

...n be lowered and undercut the competition. Regulators, as well as certification bodies, such as the Uptime Institute, have implemented programs to increase the likelihood of more data centers being “green.” Raising t.......” Raising the bar There are regulations that “raise the bar” on everyone in a given industry.  The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program is an example of legislation targeted – uniformly at each data center.  The ... (Read Full Article)

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