Title :
Predicting Future Power Requirements for the IT Sector: Making the Case for Including Life-Cycle Implications in Design of Servers
Author :
Blazek, Michele ; Koomey, Jonathan G.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Corp., Fairfax, CA
Abstract :
A recently published article in the Wall Street Journal cited increased power density requirements for servers on the order of 3000 W/sf. While existing datacenter power consumption patterns do not currently suggest such high power densities, emergent high performance servers may in fact require substantial changes to facility design of power and HVAC systems. The paper summarizes research to date on power requirements in datacenters and provide a roadmap for ongoing integrated research
Keywords :
HVAC; computer centres; file servers; HVAC systems; IT sector; datacenter power consumption; high performance servers; life-cycle implications; power density requirements; power systems; Buildings; Communications technology; Computer aided software engineering; Earth; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Energy measurement; Frequency; Power demand; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2006. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0351-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2006.1650048
