Computers & Electronics

Today's CIOs are managing reduced budgets with limited resources. They must investigate how to optimize as much power out of the data center as possible. With the right kilowatt-focused strategy, a CIO can grow the data center, while simultaneously reducing power requirements. Here, Knowledge Center contributor David Robbins explains why CIOs should be concerned about kilowatt budgets, outlines strategies that can be employed to optimize the data center, and shares some lessons learned by implementing a kilowatt reduction strategy.
- A recent report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on server and data center efficiency concluded that servers and data centers in the United States consume around 61 billion kilowatt hours of energy, costing around $4.5 billion and making up 1.5 percent of the total energy consumed in t...

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