Published on October 27, 2009
Here are some facts for you – Data centers are consuming
energy and this consumption doubles every 5 years. In just 1 more
year – by 2010, 3% of power consumption in the USA will be from
data centers. 50% of the overall IT budget by end of 2009 will be
in power costs.
According to the EPA, companies can save up to 4 Billion
dollars in a year by just managing data centers more effectively.
......... and yet .....
Many data center managers don't know how to manage
their data centers effectively. A recent McKinsey report titled,
"Data Centers – How to cut emissions and costs" shows that the average
data center uses only 6% of its servers and only 50% of its facilities.
To read further, please visit the Data Center Journal
website:
http://datacenterjournal.com/content/view/3299/43/
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