Solar-powered cloud computing datacenters

IT Professional

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 15-21

  Hosman, Laura ^a   Baikie, Bruce ^b  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Green WiFi ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cloud computing; datacenter; developing world; direct current; emerging regions; renewable energy; solar photovoltaic energy

Indexed keywords

DATACENTER; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIRECT CURRENT; EMERGING REGIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR-PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY;

CLOUD COMPUTING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84875758382     PISSN: 15209202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MITP.2011.116     Document Type: Article

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