The Energy Efficiency Potential of Cloud-Based Software: A U.S. Case Study

Masanet, Eric; Shehabi, Arman; Liang, Jiaqi; Ramakrishnan, Lavanya; Ma, XiaoHui; Hendrix, Valerie; Walker, Benjamin; Mantha, Pradeep

doi:10.2172/1171159

Title: The Energy Efficiency Potential of Cloud-Based Software: A U.S. Case Study

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Abstract

The energy use of data centers is a topic that has received much attention, given that data centers currently account for 1-2% of global electricity use. However, cloud computing holds great potential to reduce data center energy demand moving forward, due to both large reductions in total servers through consolidation and large increases in facility efficiencies compared to traditional local data centers. However, analyzing the net energy implications of shifts to the cloud can be very difficult, because data center services can affect many different components of society’s economic and energy systems.

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Masanet, Eric ^[1]; Shehabi, Arman ^[2]; Liang, Jiaqi ^[1]; Ramakrishnan, Lavanya ^[2]; Ma, XiaoHui ^[1]; Hendrix, Valerie ^[2]; Walker, Benjamin ^[1]; Mantha, Pradeep ^[2]

Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2013

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1171159

Report Number(s):: LBNL-6298E

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY

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                    Masanet, Eric, Shehabi, Arman, Liang, Jiaqi, Ramakrishnan, Lavanya, Ma, XiaoHui, Hendrix, Valerie, Walker, Benjamin, and Mantha, Pradeep. The Energy Efficiency Potential of Cloud-Based Software: A U.S. Case Study.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Masanet, Eric, Shehabi, Arman, Liang, Jiaqi, Ramakrishnan, Lavanya, Ma, XiaoHui, Hendrix, Valerie, Walker, Benjamin, & Mantha, Pradeep. The Energy Efficiency Potential of Cloud-Based Software: A U.S. Case Study.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1171159

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                    Masanet, Eric, Shehabi, Arman, Liang, Jiaqi, Ramakrishnan, Lavanya, Ma, XiaoHui, Hendrix, Valerie, Walker, Benjamin, and Mantha, Pradeep. 2013.  
        "The Energy Efficiency Potential of Cloud-Based Software: A U.S. Case Study".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1171159.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1171159.

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  abstractNote = {The energy use of data centers is a topic that has received much attention, given that data centers currently account for 1-2% of global electricity use. However, cloud computing holds great potential to reduce data center energy demand moving forward, due to both large reductions in total servers through consolidation and large increases in facility efficiencies compared to traditional local data centers. However, analyzing the net energy implications of shifts to the cloud can be very difficult, because data center services can affect many different components of society’s economic and energy systems.},

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