Current cloud computing frameworks host millions of physical servers that utilize cloud
computing resources in the form of different virtual machines. Cloud Data Center (CDC) …

Thermal management in the hyper-scale cloud data centers is a critical problem. Increased
host temperature creates hotspots which significantly increases cooling cost and affects …

Two key contributors to the energy expenditure in data centers are information technology
(IT) equipment and cooling infrastructures. The standard practice of data centers lacks a tight …

Data centers (DCs) contribute toward the prevalent application and adoption of the cloud by
providing architectural and operational foundation. To perform sustainable computation and …

Cloud computing is offering utility-oriented IT services to users worldwide. Based on a pay-
as-you-go model, it enables hosting of pervasive applications from consumer, scientific, and …

The worldwide adoption of cloud data centers (CDCs) has given rise to the ubiquitous
demand for hosting application services on the cloud. Further, contemporary data-intensive …

Increasing workload conditions lead to a significant surge in power consumption and
computing node failures in data centers. The existing workload distribution strategies …

To efficiently manage large-scale cloud data centers, it is critical to understand data centers'
workload, energy, and thermal characteristics and their impact on the system through data …

Geographically distributed data centers provide facilities for users to fulfill the demand of
storage and computations, where most of the operational cost is due to electricity …

Energy consumption in data centers grows rapidly in recent years. As a widely-applied
energy-efficient method, workload consolidation also has its own limitations that may bring …