Fact Sheet: Improving Energy Efficiency for Server Rooms and Closets

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1172953· OSTI ID:1172953

Cheung, Hoi Ying ^[1]; Mahdavi, Rod ^[1]; Greenberg, Steve ^[1]; Brown, Rich ^[1]; Tschudi, William ^[1]; Delforge, Pierre ^[2]; Dickerson, Joyce ^[2]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
2. Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY (United States)

Is there a ghost in your IT closet? If your building has one or more IT rooms or closets containing between 5 and 50 servers, chances are that they account for a significant share of the building’s energy use (in some cases, over half!). Servers, data storage arrays, networking equipment, and the cooling and power conditioning that support them tend to draw large amounts of energy 24/7, in many cases using more energy annually than traditional building loads such as HVAC and lighting. The good news is that there are many cost-effective actions, ranging from simple to advanced, that can dramatically reduce that energy use, helping you to save money and reduce pollution.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1172953
• Report Number(s): LBNL-5935E
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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