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Energy Flow in the Information Technology Stack: Coefficient of Performance of the Ensemble and Its Impact on the Total Cost of Ownership

• Tags:
• consolidation,
• utilization,
• data center,
• physical

Overview The industry is in the midst of a transformation to lower the cost of ownership through consolidation and better utilization of critical data center resources. Successful consolidation necessitates increasing utilization of capital intensive "Always-On" data center infrastructure, and reducing recurring cost of power. A need exists, therefore for an end to end physical model that can be used to design and manage dense data centers and determine the cost of operating a data center. This paper shows a common thermodynamic platform which serves as an evaluation and basis for a policy based control engine for such a "smart" data center with much broader reach - from chip core to the cooling tower.

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