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Reducing the energy consumption of Data Centres

In the era of information and data deluge, data centres play an increasingly critical role in every aspect of our socio-economic activity. While on one hand there is an insatiable need for more computation and storage power, the energy consumption in data centres on the other hand poses an “energy wall” that must be addressed to be able to advance to more powerful data centres. Moreover experience has shown that up to now only a holistic approach leads to the most efficient and sustainable solutions. This starts from the decision on the data centres location all the way up to the technologies used in the various systems, and the reuse of the heat that is produced by them.

The GAMES and FIT4GREEN projects are two ongoing initiatives on energy efficiency for data centres exploring two different approaches.