MANAGING ENERGY EFFECTIVENESS IN FINNISH DATA CENTERS

Teemu Muukkonen, Sakari Luukkainen, Antti Ylä-Jääski

2010

Abstract

Energy effectiveness has become a competitive advantage for service providers managing large-scale centralized data centers. Technological solutions in this field have developed significantly in recent years, which exploitation should be supported by the organizational managament viewpoints. The goal of this study is to investigate how the companies develop their energy effectiveness and manage the functions connected with it. Based on multiple company case analysis we identified nine factors mostly influencing energy effectiveness. Derived from these findings we present finally a framework for environmental management, which can direct the organization to improve the energy effectiveness of its data center.

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Muukkonen T., Luukkainen S. and Ylä-Jääski A. (2010). MANAGING ENERGY EFFECTIVENESS IN FINNISH DATA CENTERS . In Proceedings of the Multi-Conference on Innovative Developments in ICT - Volume 1: ICGREEN, (INNOV 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-15-7, pages 5-12. DOI: 10.5220/0002962200050012


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@conference{icgreen10,
author={Teemu Muukkonen and Sakari Luukkainen and Antti Ylä-Jääski},
title={MANAGING ENERGY EFFECTIVENESS IN FINNISH DATA CENTERS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Multi-Conference on Innovative Developments in ICT - Volume 1: ICGREEN, (INNOV 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={5-12},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002962200050012},
isbn={978-989-8425-15-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Multi-Conference on Innovative Developments in ICT - Volume 1: ICGREEN, (INNOV 2010)
TI - MANAGING ENERGY EFFECTIVENESS IN FINNISH DATA CENTERS
SN - 978-989-8425-15-7
AU - Muukkonen T.
AU - Luukkainen S.
AU - Ylä-Jääski A.
PY - 2010
SP - 5
EP - 12
DO - 10.5220/0002962200050012