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Posted: 2021-06-2802:34 AM. Last Modified: 2024-03-1811:08 PM
IBM Big on Cooling the Coolers
While all the hoopla in data center power reduction has been over low wattage CPUs and servers, IBM noted that there was another major contributor to the electric bill not being addressed: cooling systems.
The company noted a study by American Power Conversion that only 35 percent of the power in a data center goes to the IT load, i.e. all of the computers, while 33 percent went to chillers and cooling towers. Another 10 percent went to fans, and the rest went to humidifiers, lighting and miscellaneous equipment.