Datacentres 'could run at higher temperatures'

News Article - 17 November 2008
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Datacentres can run at higher temperatures, allowing organisations to lower their carbon emissions measurement, it has been claimed.

Chris Stakutis, vice president of emerging technologies at software company CA, said at the CA World 08 event that datacentres were, on average, doubling their power consumption every five years, "but most datacentre owners [he talks] to don't know what they're spending on power".

He said that carbon emissions reporting for businesses with datacentres amounted to "adding up the utility bills and sending round a spreadsheet", reports vnunet.com.

Not monitoring or accounting for carbon emissions was "bad", he warned.

He suggested that businesses run their datacentres at much higher temperatures, rather than keeping them cooler to ensure they stay within warranty limits.

"You can save five per cent of your cooling costs for every degree warmer you run it. You just need to put in hundreds of wireless thermometers so you are confident you're not exceeding any limits," he said.

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