At The Beginning Of This Year, California announced that data center overhauls in the form of consolidation would become mandatory. Other announcements followed, such as NASA's own pullback of its initial $1.5 billion data center project that is now being reworked to incorporate consolidation. An executive order signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger kicked off the data center overhaul in California, and one of the most intriguing elements is the fast-tracked time frame the order outlines. In terms of how radical the move is, the mandate called for a 25 percent reduction in total data center square footage by July 2010 and 50 percent by July 2011.
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