Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
Your Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) In 2007, The Green Grid published its very first white paper regarding energy efficiencies in data centers. “Green Grid Metrics: Describing Data Center Power Efficiency” proposed the use of Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and Datacenter Efficiency (DCE), now Data center Infrastructure Efficiency (DCiE), as a means to enable data center … Lees verder
The Green Grid: Resources for Free Cooling
Free Air Cooling is Catching on in The Data Center Industry It seems that everyone in the data center industry these days is looking to find the most efficient and cheap way to run their facility. It makes sense when you think about it. Why spend more and narrow your profit margin, when you … Lees verder
Green Data Centers Powered by Solar Arrays
A Green Data Center Powered by Solar Arrays: Is It Worth All the Hype? Solar power is quickly becoming the hot new topic for the green data center, and better data center operations. Nothing else quite shouts “I’m going green” like installing a couple hundred acres of solar panels next to your power hungry, coal … Lees verder
Data Center Spotlight: EBay – Project Mercury
Spotlight Data center: EBay – Project Mercury Why Phoenix? Why would anyone build a data center in the middle of a desert that reaches temperatures of up to 119F°? And how in the world are they going to cool it efficiently? I know these were the first questions that popped into my mind when I … Lees verder
