FEATURE: Deciphering Datacenter Energy Efficiency

The EPA Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency details current trends impacting both the energy usage and costs of datacenters and servers in the US. The report is actually the result of an Act of Congress (Public Law 109-431) which states, “It is the sense of Congress that it is in the best interest of the US for purchasers of computer servers to give high priority to energy efficiency as a factor in determining best value and performance for purchases of computer servers.” In its report, the EPA highlights the critical usage of energy by datacenters and makes recommendations on how to alter the state of current and future datacenters to lessen a looming energy crunch.
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