EU aims to make cloud computing energy efficient
November 26, 2012
Grazed from YNetNews.com. Author: Editorial Staff.
European researchers are working to develop new microprocessors that use up to 90% less energy than the chips currently in use, Energy and Environmental Management Magazine reported. According to the report, an EU-funded project dubbed "EuroCloud," has adapted the low-power microprocessors used in mobile phones to work on a larger scale.
Researchers say that move could potentially save companies using cloud computing technology in their data centers billions of euros. The EuroCloud server project is headed by a team of researchers from the UK, Cyprus, Finland, Switzerland and Belgium; with companied like Nokia, ARM and IMEC taking part in the development efforts, as well…
The European Union has offered the project €3.3 million in annual funding, across three years, so far…
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