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Demand for Green Data Centers Rises
Continue to the storyThe heat-producing palaces of computer technology and crucial backup information use around 2% of the entire planet's electricity, according to most estimates. Further, the US Department of Energy says that data centers are creating a serious burden on the US electric grid. According to a 2006 study from the Uptime Institute, by 2010, the estimated cost of the electricity used to cool and maintain energy supplies at data centers will be around $11.5 billion.