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http://www.onestopclick.com/news/UK-data-centre-cuts-power-consumption-by-40-_18235267.html

A UK data centre claims to have reduced its servers’ energy needs by 40 per cent.

Ultraspeed, based in Shoreditch, said that it had dealt with the growing issue of power hungry servers by switching from AC power to DC and by opting for diskless servers.

The biggest savings came from switching the type of power the London data centre used. DC power is more efficient and the excess heat is created away from the server, reducing data centre cooling needs.

Jordan Gross, Ultraspeed commercial director, said: “The inherent stability and efficiency of DC power has been known for years yet very few companies operating large server farms actually use it.

An article talking about DC power which I’ve written about before, it’s interesting to see it catch on in the real world. I’ve heard it can reduce your power substantially, there are costs involved, but long term, the pay back can be worth it, particularly in volume deployments.

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