Saturday July 26th, 2008
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Energy-Guzzling Server Farms to be Scrutinized
from San Jose Mercury News
The federal government has authorized a study that could yield an Energy Star–type program for server equipment: The average computer data center uses enough electricity to power 2,500 homes, and there are as many as 28 million facilities now in operation.
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I work in a 150,000 square foot datacenter. The power consumption is amazing. Costs are always scrutinized and power is a significant one. I am seeing more energy efficient servers coming in all the time.
Being that technology is moving so fast, a server is obsolete before 5 years is up. I believe the natural attrition of servers with the newer power saving technology will naturally help this issue. Power costs are a very significant cost of doing business and considered in the purchase process.
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