Data center energy-efficiency initiatives are gaining ground

摘要

The results from a recent industry survey provide insight into actions taken by data center operators to increase the efficiency of their facilities and identifies the challenges organizations face in pushing for additional improvements.rnThe survey was conducted by the Data Center Users' Group (DCUG), a group of data center, IT, and facility managers formed by St. Louis-based Emerson Network Power, and completed in coordination with the EPA and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs to support the EPA's recently released "Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency." More than 150 DCUG member companies and non-member Fortune 500 companies participated in the survey. Founded in 2003, the DCUG has approximately 1,000 members and meets semi-annually to discuss reliability and operation for mission-critical installations.