Many data centers are inefficient, because a lot of computing power most of the time not being used. The result is that over ninety percent of the used energy is disposed of, a U.s. newspaper measured.
The fuel-efficient, energy-saving image of many data centers and the gestrooi with pue figures to the contrary, many data centers are very inefficient, according to The New York Times. From a research that the newspaper has to run, it appears that only 6 to 12 percent of the energy used by the data centers of the mains engage, is actually being used to perform calculations. The rest is largely wasted.
The study involved to 20,000 servers in 70 data centers, media companies, government agencies, military suppliers, banks and the pharmaceutical industry. Many servers in data centers run out of reserve, to make any additional capacity required to absorb, and are thus the most part of the day doing nothing. According to the newspaper involving data centers is 30 billion watts of electricity, equal to the production of 30 nuclear power plants, and more than the total energy consumption of Ireland.
In addition, there is criticism from researchers on the precautions that data centers; that sometimes have not only diesel generators, and redundant electrical cabling, but also batteries that work on the mains power supply can take over. That are “too many insurance policies,” says one researcher.
The newspaper know further sign that Microsoft is in a single incident without the need of millions of watts of additional electricity used to avoid the company of a fine would get. In the state in which the energy-wasting data center was located, to give companies a fine if they consume less energy than budgeted, to the energy grid as efficiently as possible to take advantage of. With the waste, which in and for themselves, tens of thousands of dollars to the cost, is the penalty of original 210.000 dollar more than halved.