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According to the EPA, computing data centers alone accounted for about 1.5 percent of all electricity used in the US in 2006. IBM’s newest mainframe computer, the System z10, offers a step up in processing, but also a big step forward in reducing power and cooling costs.

The new machine is designed to be up to 50 percent faster than its predecessor, the z9, and it has as much as 70 percent more capacity. That gives z10 the computing power of nearly 1,500 x86 servers. And, it takes up 85 percent less space and uses about 85 percent less energy.

Check out this article about IBM’s newest mainframe computer, it’s an interesting read, highlighting the possibilities with consolidation. Being able to consolidate your applications on to fewer more powerful servers could reduce your power and hosting costs. IT might not be something that the industry might be thinking about, but I wonder if we might not see the return of the mainframe’s popularity in the near future. We’ll see.

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