Data Centers: The Race for Sustainability

Grazed from Sustainblog.org. Author: Editorial Staff.

The astronomical growth in computer data along with the migration to cloud computing technologies has contributed to the proliferation of large data centers. These facilities consist of big buildings housing thousands of computer servers. Extensive power and cooling systems are required to run the facilities. The largest facilities process data for the likes of Google, Facebook and eBay.

Historically, much of this data processing has been accomplished locally in corporate IT facilities. In recent years, many companies have outsourced IT infrastructure and software applications to cloud based service providers that run large data centers. The benefits to these companies include lower costs, increased flexibility and enhanced processing power…

The number and size of these data centers will continue to grow at an astounding pace. Until now, this growth has been fueled by the aforementioned internet services along with the popularity of cloud based enterprise software products from companies like Salesforce, NetSuite and Workday. Now, large enterprise software providers such as Oracle and SAP are embracing cloud based solutions as well…

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