EPA Reaches Goal On Data Center Study

1sockchuck writes "After initially struggling in its effort to find data center operators willing to share data about their energy usage, the EPA extended the program by a month and has managed to recruit 215 facilities to participate in its program to help the government develop an Energy Star program for data centers. An EPA official says there are no plans to regulate the data center industry."

no plans to regulate the data center industry...

[Anonymous Coward]

...yet.

Re:"No plans"? Not quite.

[CDMA_Demo]

If I was from Control, your data centers would already be throttled
If you were from Control, your data centers would already be throttled
Neither of our data centers are throttled, so obviously I'm not from Control.

It's just 1.21GW

[lazyDog86]

I for one seriously doubt that my flux-capacitor centric data center design will be receiving its Energy Star certification any time soon.

Of course, no one was willing...

[hawkeye_82]

After initially struggling in its effort to find data center operators willing to share data about their energy usage

Well duh!! None of the data center operators opened their email.

Re:It's just 1.21GW

[Facetious]

That's Jiggawat, you insensitive clod! -- Doc Brown

Re:Is the DEA ever proactive

[srjh]

DEA?

From my (also very limited) understanding of the DEA, they don't have a lot to do with energy usage and emissions controls.

Re:Of course, no one was willing...

[Ethanol-fueled]

If data-center power consumption is that much of a problem then they could install mandatory sysadmin-powered treadmills, killing two birds with one stone: the fat bastards could run all the lard off their asses while lowering operating costs and saving the environment. Don't laugh, many gyms already do it [cherryflava.com].

Re:Plans to regulate far more

[Anonymous Coward]

I believe what Ronald Regan said.

And there is the source of your paranoid excitability. Reagan was a damn actor.

Re:Is the DEA ever proactive

[WGFCrafty]

Maybe in the future the other DEA will be the Data Enforcement Administration and BURN data centers to the ground which commit, or allow people to commit DATA-CRIME.


Oh, remember the days when the DEA used to put out fires.