🔙 Throwback Thursday for 2024-08-29
Data center energy crisis has always been looming, exacerbated by modern hyperscale demands and A.I. advancements.
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Data center power consumption has been a below the fold news topic in the past but has ramped along with coverage of recurring topics of A.I. which is even more power intensive. But how long has there been a data center energy crisis?
In short, the data center energy crisis has always been there. The difference is that modern data center demands are now hyperscale cloud service providers.
For example, if you were to look back to 2007, you might recall so-called green data center initiatives like “IBM Project Big Green” in response to the data center energy crisis.
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