Comments on: How long before the US national power grid fails again? http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/06/07/how-long-before-the-us-national-power-grid-fails-again/ Fresh Thinking on IT Operations Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: How Long Before the US National Power Grid Fails Again? « Enterprise Strategy Group http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/06/07/how-long-before-the-us-national-power-grid-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-7180 How Long Before the US National Power Grid Fails Again? « Enterprise Strategy Group Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:25:17 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1410#comment-7180 [...] Read the entire blog entry here >> All views and opinions expressed in ESG blog posts are intended to be those of the post's author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc., or its clients. ESG bloggers do not and will not engage in any form of paid-for blogging. Click to see our complete Disclosure Policy. For important information about using this content, please review our Terms & Conditions Tags: collaboration, conferences, data center, electrical systems, government, government policy, investment, maintenance, power, sustainability [...] [...] Read the entire blog entry here >> All views and opinions expressed in ESG blog posts are intended to be those of the post's author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc., or its clients. ESG bloggers do not and will not engage in any form of paid-for blogging. Click to see our complete Disclosure Policy. For important information about using this content, please review our Terms & Conditions Tags: collaboration, conferences, data center, electrical systems, government, government policy, investment, maintenance, power, sustainability [...]

]]> By: Philip http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/06/07/how-long-before-the-us-national-power-grid-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1612 Philip Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:37:14 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1410#comment-1612 Hi Jonathan,<br>Yes there is some data out there about this - for example, the US EPA report from 2007: <a href="http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/prod_development/downloads/EPA_Datacenter_Report_Congress_Final1.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/prod_deve...</a><br>Numbers like 2% of all electricity produced; 60 billion kWh in 2006 rising to 107 billion kWh by 2011, etc. There is other data, too.<br>Hope that helps. Be happy to discuss further with you.<br>Philip Hi Jonathan,
Yes there is some data out there about this – for example, the US EPA report from 2007: http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/prod_deve...
Numbers like 2% of all electricity produced; 60 billion kWh in 2006 rising to 107 billion kWh by 2011, etc. There is other data, too.
Hope that helps. Be happy to discuss further with you.
Philip

]]> By: jonathan_morris http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/06/07/how-long-before-the-us-national-power-grid-fails-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1611 jonathan_morris Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:04:04 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1410#comment-1611 Is there an estimate (with projections) of the total power consumption of data centers in the US? Is there an estimate (with projections) of the total power consumption of data centers in the US?

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