Data center growth in the United States: decoupling the demand for services from electricity use

Data center growth in the United States: decoupling the demand for services from electricity use

Data centers are energy intensive buildings that have grown in size and number to meet the increasing demands of a digital economy. This paper presents a bottom-up model to estimate data center electricity demand in the United States over a 20 year period and examines observed and projected electric...

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Main Authors: Arman Shehabi, Sarah J Smith, Eric Masanet, Jonathan Koomey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
information and communication technology (ICT)
energy efficiency
energy demand modeling
data centers
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaec9c

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaec9c

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