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In Tough Times, Build Fewer Data Centers
The smartest, greenest, most efficient data center is the one that a company decides it doesn't need to build.
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Data Center Cost Avoidance
Fast Company - Technology — ... Last week in the New York Times , Steve Lohr wrote an article, In Tough Times, Build Fewer Data Centers . He makes a compelling case that “The smartest, greenest, most efficient data center is the one that a company decides it doesn’t need to build.” Building a new data center is the natural reaction to a need for increased processing power. It all starts when a new application is sold into an organization or a new division is spun up due to an acquisition, for example. The users demand more processing power and the business demands more out of its IT infrastructure. Thus ...

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