January 9, 2009

Energy Drain by Computers Stifles Efforts at Cost Control

By JOSH KELLER

'We don't have a meter on the data center,' says one college official

For decades, the major computers at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center have multiplied almost without limit.

Row by row, racks of computer servers have expanded outward in a constant quest to provide computing power for the center's data-intensive experiments. The servers have taken over new wings of an office building at the site, which is operated by Stanford University. Many of those unfortunate enough

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