Money for Research, Not for Energy Bills: Finding Energy and Cost Savings in High Performance Computer Facility Designs

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Computing in Science and Engineering

OSTI ID:1007231

Sartor, Dale; Wilson, Mark

High-performance computing facilities in the United States consume an enormous amount of electricity, cutting into research budgets and challenging public- and private-sector efforts to reduce energy consumption and meet environmental goals. However, these facilities can greatly reduce their energy demand through energy-efficient design of the facility itself. Using a case study of a facility under design, this article discusses strategies and technologies that can be used to help achieve energy reductions.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Environmental Energy Technologies Division
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1007231
• Report Number(s): LBNL-4282E; TRN: US201106%%207
• Journal Information: Computing in Science and Engineering, Vol. 12, Issue 6; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: Nov. - Dec. 2010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMPUTERS
DESIGN
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DEMAND
PERFORMANCE
high performance computing
HPC
supercomputer
energy
energy-efficiency
Computational Research and Theory Facility
CRTF
University of California
facility design