Power Cost Savings in IT

摘要

If you were asked where the future of computers is, what would you answer? Redmond, Silicon Valley, maybe China? Would you believe Quincy, Washington—a town of 5,000 people halfway between Seattle and Spokane? Both Microsoft and Yahoo! plan to build large data centers (74 acres and 50 acres, respectively) in Quincy. Why? Because $0.018 per kilowatt hour with two hydroelectric power plants in Quincy's power district means cheap, reliable power. As the number of computers, servers, and other electrical peripherals grows, the cost and reliability of electricity is becoming a hot topic in IT. Unlike Microsoft or Yahoo!, you probably don't have the luxury of relocating your server room or (perhaps even better) your users next to a power plant, but you can affect the bottom line of your organization's power consumption.