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Chapter 2
Energy-Efficient and Ecologically
Friendly Data Centers
Pay your speeding tickets and parking fines or spend your savings elsewhere.
In this chapter you will learn:
How to identify issues that affect the availability of power, cooling,
and floor space
Why achieving energy efficiency is important to sustain growth and
business productivity
How electrical power is generated, transmitted, and used in typical
data centers
How electrical power is measured and charges determined
By understanding fundamentals and background information about
electricity usage as well as options and alternatives including rebates or
incentives, IT data ...