Energy efficiency and environmental impact of datacenters and cloud computing

Abstract

Summary form only given. The trend towards more and more efficient computing resources, yet preserving quality of service, is particularly relevant in datacenters and in cloud infrastructures, where a rigorous and adequate management of resources is performed. Resource monitoring, optimization criteria, adaptive mechanisms are being intensively studied from constantly improving efficiency and reducing the environmental impact. The research directions, considering in particular the IT part of such infrastructures and the characteristics of applications running on them will be analyzed, considering also the experience derived from two European projects in the area: GAMES and ECO2Clouds.