On June 26th, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) held its first Data Center Energy Summit in Santa Clara, CA. The industry event focused on issues involving data center sustainability, energy efficiency and green computing.
In conjunction with Accenture and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), the SVLG also unveiled a report containing real world case studies from its Energy Efficient Data Center Demonstration Project. You can download the report here: http://accenture.com/SVLGreport. Put together in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s report to Congress on data center energy efficiency, the report examines a number of innovative energy-saving initiatives.
Ken Oestreich from Cassatt points out in his blog that the bulk of the projects focused on improving infrastructure. He raises the following point:
I agree with Oestreich that methods for reducing the energy consumption of IT equipment definitely need to be explored further, but I think this report is a great step forward for the industry in terms of validating the EPA’s research and providing actionable data. I’m sure we’ll see more regarding IT equipment operations in future research.
As a side note, Data Center Knowledge has set up a calendar to help data center professionals keep track of upcoming industry events. Check it out: DataCenterConferences.com.
In conjunction with Accenture and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), the SVLG also unveiled a report containing real world case studies from its Energy Efficient Data Center Demonstration Project. You can download the report here: http://accenture.com/SVLGreport. Put together in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s report to Congress on data center energy efficiency, the report examines a number of innovative energy-saving initiatives.
Ken Oestreich from Cassatt points out in his blog that the bulk of the projects focused on improving infrastructure. He raises the following point:
My take is that the industry is addressing the things it knows and feels comfortable with: wires, pipes, ducts, water, freon, etc. Indeed, these are the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of opportunities to reduce data center power. But why aren't IT equipment vendors addressing the other side of the problem: Compute equipment and how it's operated?
I agree with Oestreich that methods for reducing the energy consumption of IT equipment definitely need to be explored further, but I think this report is a great step forward for the industry in terms of validating the EPA’s research and providing actionable data. I’m sure we’ll see more regarding IT equipment operations in future research.
As a side note, Data Center Knowledge has set up a calendar to help data center professionals keep track of upcoming industry events. Check it out: DataCenterConferences.com.
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