How to Reduce Data Center Energy Use by 74%

Energy Logic 2.0 has an excellent vendor neutral roadmap on the top ten strategies that can help increase data center efficiency and provide tips on how to reduce data center energy. The roadmap focuses on reducing energy consumption at the data center as well as on increasing data center output as part of its solution.

According to industry statistics, 52% of energy in a 5000 square foot data center is consumed by IT equipment and 48% by support systems, which cooling alone contributes to a whopping 38%.

The Energy Logic 2.0 roadmap highlights the cascade effect where-in 1 Watt of energy saved at the server component level results in 2.84 Watt of saving in total consumption.  What is also interesting to note is the research that shows that a 200W idle server results in a power wastage of 381.2 at the utility entrance. The report also reveals the top three energy saving strategies as using high efficiency power supplies, low power processors and server virtualization.

The main four takeaways from the Energy Logic 2.0 roadmap are as follows:

• Leverage the cascade effect.
• Availability and flexibility should not be compromised for ffficiency: It is possible to have all three at the same time.
• Better efficiency can be gained from higher density.
• Capacity is the flip side of efficiency.

If you would like to ensure that your data center is following the best practices when it comes to energy efficiency, choose https://www.lifelinedatacenters.com/ as your choice for an energy efficient data center.

Alex Carroll

Managing Member at Lifeline Data Centers

Alex, co-owner, is responsible for all real estate, construction and mission critical facilities: hardened buildings, power systems, cooling systems, fire suppression, and environmentals. Alex also manages relationships with the telecommunications providers and has an extensive background in IT infrastructure support, database administration and software design and development. Alex architected Lifeline’s proprietary GRCA system and is hands-on every day in the data center.