Energy Saving in Data Centers

Dear Colleagues,

The chief executive officer of Google remarked “What matters most to the computer designers at Google is not speed but power, low power, because data centers can consume as much energy as a city.” Cloud computing now represents a backbone of IT services, and, recently, there has been an increase in high-definition multimedia delivery, which has placed new burdens on energy resources. Energy demands have motivated research on energy efficiency strategies and the implementation of renewable energy sources as to reduce operational costs and environmental impact. The ever-increasing scale of data centers has presented unprecedented challenges for hardware and algorithmic development.

This Special Issue aims to present a wide range of papers with contributions in the area of green cloud computing. Contributions which bring together hardware challenges and algorithmic approaches are especially encouraged and we are interested in contributions from researchers who work at the intersection of Electrical Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, and Computer Science. However, we invite researchers from all relevant fields to contribute case studies, reviews, surveys and research papers.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bein
Guest Editor

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