National and regional implications of internet data center growth in the US

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-185

  Mitchell Jackson, Jennifer ^a   Koomey, Jonathan G ^b   Blazek, Michele ^c   Nordman, Bruce ^b  

^a Opinion Dynamics Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Data centers; Electricity consumption; Power; Power densities

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; INTERNET; PUBLIC POLICY;

HOSTING FACILITIES;

RECYCLING;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY USE; INTERNET; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

CALCULATION; COMPUTER; DENSITY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; HEAT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POWER SUPPLY; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036804454     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(02)00080-0     Document Type: Article

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