Datacenter Energy Costs on the Rise as Western European Organizations Spent €1.6 Billion to Power Servers in 2007, Estimates IDC
02 Oct 2008
- IDC press release
LONDON, October 2, 2008
— A recent study from IDC has put the energy issue that datacenters are
facing in Europe on the map, throwing some light on its actual impact
on organizations. The research shows how the amount of energy required
by servers and datacenters is climbing at a worrying speed, and has
grown annually by more than 13% between 2006 and 2007.
"Such
a rise in energy demands can be explained by the growing number of
active servers in the region, but also — and most importantly — by the
electricity requirement that machines, on average, have due to
multicore technology and enhanced hardware feature," said Giorgio
Nebuloni, research analyst with IDC European Systems and Infrastructure
Solutions. "The efforts that industry players have started to put into
building energy-efficient components are not enough to balance the rise
of energy needs. To contain them, organizations have to act on the
infrastructure level, adopting best practices and redesigning their
facility to improve cooling and power processes."
