Clearly, this change of direction is long overdue, as we have designed and operated our IT facilities for a solid decade with a single-minded focus on “uptime.” Many of us operate legacy data centers with the throttle wide open, with absolutely no control over how to manage server utilization or how to reduce the power and cooling we inject into IT spaces.
The EPA report assesses trends in server and data center energy use and costs, outlines opportunities for improved energy efficiency, and makes recommendations for pursuing these opportunities on a broad basis across the country.