POWERING THE FUTURE
CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTS
52 state-of-the-art facilities aren ’ t economically feasible to adopt for operators across the board . “ Therefore , short-term , tactical actions are needed that can provide immediate benefit , yielding significant energy savings in total power usage and cost ,” he explains . “ This can range from minimising idle IT equipment , virtualising servers and storage , managing CPU power usage and distributing power at different voltages .”
POWERING THE FUTURE
As we enter 2021 , the data centre industry has the potential to make huge strides towards reducing its carbon emissions . In addition to
increasing efficiency and gaining better insights into power consumption , the industry is undergoing a generational transition towards renewable energy sources .
David Watkins , solutions director for VIRTUS Data Centres , notes that a great deal of progress towards renewables adoption has already been made in the UK market , with the trend set to gather even more momentum over the coming year . “ Renewables are already widely used within the data centre industry , and this will increase further as the grid moves more towards renewable energy in the future ,” he says . The increased use of renewable energy has the potential to even
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