Data centers hosting distributed computing systems consume huge amounts of electrical
energy, contributing to high operational costs, whereas the utilization of data centers …

Energy-related costs are becoming one of the largest contributors to the overall cost of
operating a data center, whereas the degree of data center utilization continues to be very …

Smart Grid (SG) has emerged as one of the most powerful technologies of the modern era
for an efficient energy management by integrating information and communication …

Many of today's data centers experience physical limitations on the power needed to run the
data center. The first problem that we study is maximizing the performance (quantified by the …

Even if the cloud computing data centers are emerging as new candidates for replacement,
traditional data centers are still growing rapidly in both number and capacity to meet the …

Data centers (DC) host a large number of servers, computing devices and computing
infrastructure, which incur significant electricity/energy. This also results in huge amount of …

Cloud computing offers 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 …

Cloud service providers are distributing data centers geographically to minimize energy
costs through intelligent workload distribution. With increasing data volumes in emerging …

With the rapid surge in cloud services, cloud load balancing has become a paramount
research issue. The major part of a cloud computing system's operational costs is attributed …

With the rapid emerging of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and the proliferation of cloud-
based applications, the cloud computing industry is becoming a vital element for ensuring …