Data Center Power Featured Articles Can Solar Power Solve Data
Center Power Problems? It’s a problem currently plaguing the
industry and it is showing no sign of slowing down – data center
power consumption costs are increasing exponentially. So is
solar power the key to solving data center power consumption
problems? According to some companies, it just might be. A
recent article posits that data centers – or the “power-sucking
appendages of the Digital Age,” as the author calls it – have
come a long way in terms of becoming more efficient and reducing
environmental impact, however, there is still a long way to go.
In an effort to figure out how to address rising data center
power costs, IBM (News - Alert) has introduced a solution – a
solar power array created to specifically run in high-voltage
data centers. The key is to integrate AC- and DC-based servers,
water-cooled computing systems and other electronics, according
to IBM officials. “By employing unique high-voltage DC power
conditioning methods – and