According to a data center report released this week by computer manufacturer AMD (amd.com), if data center energy use trends continue for three years, the IT industry could necessitate the creation of 10 new 1000-megawatt power plants.
The report, entitled "Estimating Regional Power Consumption by Servers," which was created along with Lawrence Berkeley National Labs scientist Jonathan Koomey, examines energy trends in five geographic regions: the US, Western Europe, Japan, Asia/Pacific and the rest of the world.
According to the trends identified by the study, the US share of overall worldwide energy use will decline as the Asia/Pacific region gains a greater share of the total. If trends continue through 2010, says Koomey, the world will need 10 more 1000-megawatt power plants to accommodate new servers coming online.
AMD says certain key changes to data center design strategy could enable the IT industry to cut that growth in consumption in half.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
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