New power semiconductors cut data center energy

摘要

The vast arrays of computers around the world consumernhuge amounts of power. Data centers that enable thern- Internet exemplify this power usage. As much as 1.2%rnof the power consumed in the entire U.S. is taken by servers.rnWorldwide, in 2005 more than $7 billion dollars was spentrnon powering servers and the infrastructure supporting themrn- requiring the equivalent capacity of fourteen 1,000-MWrnpower-generating facilities.