Comments on: Data Centers Sprouting Green http://gigaom.com/2007/05/11/data-centers-sprouting-green/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:01:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anthony Cresap http://gigaom.com/2007/05/11/data-centers-sprouting-green/#comment-303578 Anthony Cresap Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:06:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/data-centers-sprouting-green/#comment-303578 <p>I wonder what sort of on-site expansion their existing facilities can accommodate for power supplementation?</p> I wonder what sort of on-site expansion their existing facilities can accommodate for power supplementation?

]]> By: Nick Hawkins http://gigaom.com/2007/05/11/data-centers-sprouting-green/#comment-101059 Nick Hawkins Fri, 11 May 2007 16:33:50 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/data-centers-sprouting-green/#comment-101059 <p>So would we be looking at a new metric for data centers involving cost per operation with regards to electricity consumption?</p> <p>What I'd love to see is ways that people can "greenify" their own data centers with existing gear.</p> So would we be looking at a new metric for data centers involving cost per operation with regards to electricity consumption?

What I’d love to see is ways that people can “greenify” their own data centers with existing gear.

]]> By: Erik Josowitz http://gigaom.com/2007/05/11/data-centers-sprouting-green/#comment-101060 Erik Josowitz Fri, 11 May 2007 16:23:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/data-centers-sprouting-green/#comment-101060 <p>We call this combo of "virtualization" and "automated provisioning" a virtual lab and many companies are using these for testing and other short-term or dynamic application uses. It would seem there is a multiplier effect when you reduce the number of servers, up their utilization, and then eliminate the manual efforts around getting them to do what you need them to. There are some offsetting impacts due to increased power consumption but hopefully new generations of power-friendlier processors and server designs begin to address this.</p> We call this combo of “virtualization” and “automated provisioning” a virtual lab and many companies are using these for testing and other short-term or dynamic application uses. It would seem there is a multiplier effect when you reduce the number of servers, up their utilization, and then eliminate the manual efforts around getting them to do what you need them to. There are some offsetting impacts due to increased power consumption but hopefully new generations of power-friendlier processors and server designs begin to address this.

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