Cutting the Electric Bill for Internet-Scale Systems

Energy expenses are becoming an increasingly important fraction of data center operating costs. At the same time, the energy expense per unit of computation can vary significantly between two different locations. In this paper, we characterize the variation due to fluctuating electricity prices and...

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Main Authors: Qureshi, Asfandyar, Weber, Rick, Balakrishnan, Hari, Guttag, John V., Maggs, Bruce
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Association for Computing Machinery 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50995
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0992-0906
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1455-9652