Water efficiency management in datacenters: Metrics and methodology

2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST '09 in Cooperation with 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sharma, Ratnesh ^a   Shah, Amip ^a   Bash, Cullen ^a   Christian, Tom ^a   Patel, Chandrakant ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Data centers; Sustainability; Water efficiency; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

AIR-COOLED CHILLERS; COOLING STRATEGY; COST OF OPERATIONS; CRITICAL DATA; DATA CENTERS; GALLONS PER DAYS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; IT ECOSYSTEM; IT EQUIPMENT; IT PERFORMANCE; LOWER COMPLEXITY; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL RESOURCES; RECURRING COSTS; TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP; WATER DEMAND; WATER EFFICIENCY; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WEATHER PATTERNS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77950963007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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