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From Lauraibm

Full article: Data Centre Managers need to Manage Power Proactively (15-Aug-07)

One of the main issues in data centres is that users aren’t implementing the power management technology available to them, if existing technologies and strategies were used it would allow for server energy use to be reduced by up to 25%. In order to further cut power usage it is essential to understand how much power the data centre is using and where that power is being consumed. If the measurement and control of power use were automated at least 50% of a data centre’s power consumption costs could be saved.

The second area where most power is abused is through air conditioning, consuming up to 54% of a data centre’s power supply. The average data centre uses three times more air conditioning than is required, this is mainly due to incorrect configurations, thus this is another area that needs to be addressed.