Energy efficient infrastructure for the future cloud

Computing infrastructure is experiencing rapid changes due to the proliferation of mobile devices and expansion of cloud services. IT systems, such as data centers, become the fastest growing industrial sector on energy consumption, doubling its energy footprint every 5 years. In this talk, we will discuss the modern data center infrastructure and explore the philosophy of energy reduction, reuse, and renewal in cloud computing. We examine the opportunities of reducing cloud computing energy consumption through fine-grained sensing and control of both cyber-activates and physical activities and motivate possibilities of alternative data center designs and operations.