Future data center energy-conservation and emission-reduction technologies in the context of smart and low-carbon city construction

H Zhu, D Zhang, HH Goh, S Wang, T Ahmad… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The energy consumption of data centers accounts for approximately 1% of that of the world,
the average power usage effectiveness is in the range of 1.4–1.6, and the associated carbon …

Toward a systematic survey for carbon neutral data centers

Z Cao, X Zhou, H Hu, Z Wang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Data centers are experiencing unprecedented growth as the fourth industrial revolution's
supporting pillars and the engine for the future digitalized world. However, data centers are …

A review on energy efficiency and demand response with focus on small and medium data centers

TL Vasques, P Moura, A de Almeida - Energy Efficiency, 2019 - Springer
Data centers are the backbone of a growing number of activities in modern economies.
However, the large increase of digital content, big data, e-commerce, and Internet traffic is …

Impact of data centers on climate change: a review of energy efficient strategies

DRE Ewim, N Ninduwezuor-Ehiobu… - The Journal of …, 2023 - beta.periodicos.ufv.br
The rapid proliferation of digital services and the surge in cloud computing have significantly
increased the demand for data centers worldwide. As these facilities consume vast amounts …

Toward zero-emission data centers through direct reuse of thermal energy

T Brunschwiler, B Smith, E Ruetsche… - IBM Journal of …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have tested hot water data center cooling by directly reusing the generated thermal
energy in neighborhood heating systems. First, we introduce high-performance liquid …

Case study of data centers' energy performance

HS Sun, SE Lee - Energy and Buildings, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the issue of energy performance of data centers by closely examining
energy use of two data centers in commercial office buildings. The primary objective of the …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for improving the sustainability of data centers via energy mix, energy conservation, and circular energy

M Manganelli, A Soldati, L Martirano, S Ramakrishna - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are increasingly permeating our daily life
and we ever more commit our data to the cloud. Events like the covid-19 pandemic put an …

Energy efficiency and low carbon enabler green IT framework for data centers considering green metrics

M Uddin, AA Rahman - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for storage, networking and computation has driven intensification
of large complex data centers that run many of today's Internet, financial, commercial and …

A review of data centers as prosumers in district energy systems: Renewable energy integration and waste heat reuse for district heating

P Huang, B Copertaro, X Zhang, J Shen, I Löfgren… - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
As large energy prosumers in district energy systems, on the one hand, data centers
consume a large amount of electricity to ensure the Information Technologies (IT) facilities …

Transition from traditional historic urban block to positive energy block

A Blumberga, R Vanaga, R Freimanis, D Blumberga… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Optimizing energy consumption in the cities might present a significant impact on
decarbonization strategies approaching carbon neutral future in 2050. Positive Energy Block …