The energy consumption of data centers accounts for approximately 1% of that of the world,
the average power usage effectiveness is in the range of 1.4–1.6, and the associated carbon …

Data centers are a critical component of information technology (IT), providing an
environment for running computer equipment. Reliance on data centers for everyday …

This report estimates historical data center electricity consumption back to 2000, relying on
previous studies and historical shipment data, and forecasts consumption out to 2020 based …

With the emerging technologies and all associated devices, it is predicted that massive
amount of data will be created in the next few years–in fact, as much as 90% of current data …

Human life is dependent upon the natural environment, which, most would agree, is rapidly
degrading. Business enterprises are a dominant form of social organization and contribute …

In a cloud computing paradigm, energy efficient allocation of different virtualized ICT
resources (servers, storage disks, and networks, and the like) is a complex problem due to …

We examine the current performance and future demands of interconnects to and on silicon
chips. We compare electrical and optical interconnects and project the requirements for …

Network-based cloud computing is rapidly expanding as an alternative to conventional office-
based computing. As cloud computing becomes more widespread, the energy consumption …

Traditionally, the development of computing systems has been focused on performance
improvements driven by the demand of applications from consumer, scientific, and business …

Energy-proportional designs would enable large energy savings in servers, potentially
doubling their efficiency in real-life use. Achieving energy-proportionality will require …