# Optimizing Energy Consumption in Data Centers: Focus on Servers

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/06/optimizing-energy-consumption-in-data-centers-focus-on-servers/
- Published: 2020-06-23T01:13:50-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

Look energy costs are going to rise and rise quickly. So energy efficiency for data
centers is [crucial](https://greenlivingguy.com/2013/09/urban-conservation/).

So now they have teams of people at companies running around to figure out that 
[energy savings](https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/03/how-data-centers-are-pioneering-green-technology/)
equals dollars.

Along with driving up complexity, extra hardware increases [energy](https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/08/energy-saving-equation-ge-lighting-helps-school-campus-reduce-energy-costs-by-more-than-200000-annually/)
consumption and lowers the total gains.

A [software](https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/09/smart-building-energy-analytics-segment-leads-smart-building-technology-market/)
alternative can be Holistic energy management.

_[Energy management software](https://greenlivingguy.com/2014/01/greensmith-energy-management-systems-announces-new-line-of-energy-storage-software-and-integration-services/)
can play a key role in curbing energy costs.

#### _Thereby programmatically collecting and aggregating the real-time temperature and power consumption behaviors._

_ All from data centers server locations._

⌊Data center are great places for energy efficiency⌉⌊Data center are great places
for energy efficiency⌉

_Since servers consume most of the [energy](https://greenlivingguy.com/2012/01/homebuyers-enthusiastic-about-nexusenergy-homes/)
in the data center. As a result, they use 60 percent of their maximum power even
while idle. Similarly gaining visibility of the server operating characteristics
is an important step. A step for [improving](https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/03/energy-efficiency-becomes-year-round-going-haiku-fan-big-ass-fans-business/)
overall efficiency in the data center. Modern servers provide real-time status information,
and this data can be collected over existing infrastructure by agentless, centralized
energy monitoring software._

#### Greensmith Energy Solutions Software

As I’ve also [written](https://greenlivingguy.com/2014/01/greensmith-energy-management-systems-announces-new-line-of-energy-storage-software-and-integration-services/)
before:

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uploads/2014/01/20140119-231224.jpg?w=1440&ssl=1)

_Over 22 installations and new, a la carte offerings that leverage packaged, ready-
to-apply technology and services_

One company called [Greensmith](https://greenlivingguy.com/2018/02/greensmith-energy-storage-technology-selected-to-deliver-reliable-solar-power-in-massachusetts/)
Energy Management Systems, a leading provider of energy storage solutions and technologies.
So it has announced the launch of a new line of energy storage software and integration
services. Although the US-based company with over 22 installations and 14 customers
has seen rapid growth by delivering ever-larger, more sophisticated turn-key energy
storage solutions for both utility-scale and C&I applications, the recent a la carte
offerings are a more defined response to growing demand for Greensmith’s advanced
software and integration capabilities.

For the remainder of the story from GreenTech Media that gave me the interest to
write this story.

### ⌊Data centers promoting energy efficiency for energy savings⌉⌊Data centers promoting energy efficiency for energy savings⌉

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