Microsoft, Yahoo and Sabey have contracted for enormous amounts of power from local utilities to power their data center projects in central Washington.
The National Security Agency's technology infrastructure at Fort Meade, Md. has reportedly maxed out the electric capacity of the Baltimore area power grid.
A Silicon Valley testbed achieves 20 percent power savings through the use of DC power distribution in a data center. But is the industry ready for the switch to all-DC facilities.