Microsoft to Google: My PUE is Getting Better Than Your PUE

microsoft chicago data center photo Photo via LooseBolts A major goal for data centers is a high PUE or Power Usage Effectiveness - a measurement of how much energy going into the data center is used on IT machinery instead of heating, cooling and other facility management. The lower the PUE number, the more energy efficient the data center is reckoned to be. A perfect PUE is 1. The industry standard sits squarely at 2. Microsoft is at 1.22, <a href="http://www...

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