Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Data center cooling becomes a hot topic; 5 ways to improve storage power efficiency

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Doubling of energy use makes data center cooling a hot topic

Jon Brodkin By Jon Brodkin
Data center energy usage has doubled since 2000 and will double again in five years. What's an IT executive to do? Read full story


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