Technology industry heavyweights including Google, IBM, Microsoft, Cisco, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard sat down with federal energy regulators yesterday to discuss the emerging power crisis.
Recent outages underscore the importance of preventive maintenance on data center equipment.
Recent outages underscore the importance of preventive maintenance on data center equipment.
A study is examining the use of outside air to cool data centers, which could reduce the reliance on chillers and saving energy and equipment costs.
ServerWatch has a comparison of the power specs on the latest processors from AMD and Intel.
Processor magazine: "No one denies that uncontrolled heat is a data center danger. But how much of the problem is heat, and how much is hype?"
An Intel exec acknowledges that the company has been "slow to acknowledge the need for low power consumption designs."
An Intel exec acknowledges that the company has been "slow to acknowledge the need for low power consumption designs."
An IDC Global white paper notes that customers are increasingly looking to data center providers for expertise on power and cooling issues.