U.S. EPA / ENERGY STAR 2007
Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency, Public Law 109-431 (August 2, 2007)
Use it for historical context on PUE: knowing that 2.0 was the 2007 average starting point, compare your current target PUE values against that reference.
- Data center peak grid load was about 7 GW (about 15 baseload power plants), expected to reach 12 GW by 2011.