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Indicator: 3
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Measurements in/of Data Center Power Usage
| Type |
Actual |
Actual |
Target |
| StartDate |
2011-01-01 |
2012-01-01 |
2013-01-01 |
| EndDate |
2011-12-31 |
2012-12-31 |
2013-12-31 |
| PUE |
1.35 |
1.35 |
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| Description |
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This past year, the new Data Center achieved an average power usage effectiveness (PUE) of 1.35. This remained unchanged from
2011. The data center industry uses the PUE calculation as a measure of efficiency. A PUE of 2.0 means that for every watt
of IT power consumed, an additional watt is consumed to cool and distribute power in support of the IT equipment. A data center
is more efficient when it uses less energy to run the facility than to power the IT equipment. Thus, the closer it gets to
a PUE of 1.0, the more efficient it is. Other larger growth percentages are due to adding offices in areas with a small office
footprint, including Canada and Latin America.
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