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The Green Grid Unveils Energy Productivity Metric for Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

The Green Grid has finally reached consensus on a metric more than five years in the making: Data Center Energy Productivity, or DCeP, is computed as useful work produced divided by total energy consumed by the data center. DCeP allows each user to define useful work as applicable to the user’s.

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The role of data centers in building a sustainable future

CIO Business Intelligence

The rise of streaming and enterprise cloud adoption have driven an explosive surge in computing demand, giving rise to data centers around the world. Now, a new wave of demand driven by data-hungry generative AI applications is arriving, and it’s bringing with it increasing environmental pressures.

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Right-Sizing Data Center Resources

CTOvision

One of the perennial problems of data centers is monitoring server utilization to ensure right-sizing of resources. Nlyte's Predict tool can help with capacity planning, using capacity projections to predict future resource needs based on historical data, as well as planned changes to applications and infrastructure.

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Standards & Ratings: Maximizing Generator Set Reliability for Data Center Applications

Data Center Knowledge

Selecting the right generator for a data centers needs requires an understanding of several considerations, writes Jason Dick of MTU Onsite Energy. So how do you make sense of it all? Industry Perspectives'

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Researchers want to put energy hogs like ChatGPT on a diet with more efficient computer chips

GeekWire

But they’re also sparking concern over the amount of energy needed to create and operate the systems. That’s on par with the annual energy use of roughly 1,000 U.S. That’s on par with the annual energy use of roughly 1,000 U.S. They function as the brain of computer networks that consume and process data.

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Bank Data Center Selects Fuel Cells from ClearEdge Power

Data Center Knowledge

The case for implementing fuel cells in data center applications has risen in recent years - showcasing the desire to use green energy, as well as reduce reliance on expensive ''just in case'' power equipment. Green Data Centers ClearEdge Power fuel cell'

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Balancing latency and sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

To get the compute resources they need while also optimizing energy efficiency, some enterprises—and the service providers they partner with—look to position data centers in colder environments, far away from major population centers. However, many modern digital applications require extremely low latency.