| Utilizing Cloud Computing for Data Center Efficiency |
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DECEMBER 8, 2009 THE DATA CENTER JOURNAL Traditional internal data centers are grappling with record-high energy prices, fueling the demand for efficiency within an organization’s infrastructure. According to statistics from the Uptime Institute, a 451 Group company, the average data center is 10 percent utilized, and therefore 90 percent idle. Additionally, only about 3 percent of a data center’s electricity consumption is spent crunching data. The remainder is spent on idleness, redundancy and other energy overhead. |