Energy efficiency for the enterprise
- Source:
- HP
- Published:
- Mar 03, 2010
- Pages:
- 4
In data centers around the world, energy costs are rising rapidly and consuming an ever-greater portion of IT budgets. Here's a sign of just how bad it is getting: It will soon cost more to power and cool a server over its lifetime than it does to buy the server. Everywhere we look, IT facilities are running out of cooling capacity and power. With multiplying numbers of servers, higher densities and hotter processors, data centers are hitting a wall. Even though racks are half empty, many IT operators cannot add another server into their environment. Air conditioning systems are maxed out and power distribution infrastructure is completely utilized.
