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Article: GREEN DATA CENTERS BRING ENVIRONMENTAL, FINANCIAL GAINS
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- Building Operating Management
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright Trade Press Publishing Company Jan 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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High energy expenditures and concerns about climate change have put green design on the data center agenda
Everyone knows that data centers consume tremendous amounts of electricity. In fact, data centers used 61 billion kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity in 2006, according to the National Data Center Energy Efficiency Information Program (NDCEEIP). That is double the amount of energy used in 2000 and represents 1.5 percent of all U.S. electricity consumption. NDCEEIP, which is a joint program of the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), predicts growth in energy consumption by data centers will continue to skyrocket by 12 percent annually. EPA's ...