THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF DATA CENTERS

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作者：
Shah, Amip [1 ]
Bash, Cullen [1 ]
Sharma, Ratnesh [1 ]
Christian, Tom
Watson, Brian J. [1 ]
Patel, Chandrakant [1 ]
机构：
[1] Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
来源：
IPACK 2009: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERPACK CONFERENCE 2009, VOL 2 | 2010年
关键词：
CYCLE; MATRIX;
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TH [机械、仪表工业];
学科分类号：
0802 ;
摘要：
Numerous evaluation metrics and standards are being proposed across industry and government to measure and monitor the energy efficiency of data centers. However, the energy use of data centers is just one aspect of the environmental impact. In this paper, we explore the overall environmental footprint of data centers beyond just energy efficiency. Building upon established procedures from the environmental sciences, we create an end-to-end life-cycle model of the environmental footprint of data centers across a diverse range of impacts. We test this model in the case study of a hypothetical 2.2-MW data center. Our analysis suggests the need for evaluation metrics that go beyond just operational energy use in order to achieve sustainable data centers.
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页码：653 / 662
页数：10
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