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Power usage effectiveness

Power usage effectiveness

(also PUE)

Power usage effectiveness definition

A data center’s energy efficiency. Organizations need massive data centers to support their operations and deliver services. However, the infrastructure required to carry out these transactions produces a massive amount of heat. Data centers use up enormous amounts of energy to cool server rooms — that directly translates into higher operating costs and environmental footprint

Increasing power usage effectiveness

• Maintaining higher temperatures whenever servers allow it.
• Choosing colder regions when establishing new data centers.
• Reducing density and improving the flow of cooling air.
• Using geothermal cooling.