Improving power efficiency is now a global imperative

From the simplest calculator to the most sophisticated data servers, all electronic devices share a common problem: power consumption. And as electronic system complexity grows, so too does the appetite for power.

Consider this: In an August 2007 report, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that the nation’s servers and data centers consumed about 61 billion kilowatt-hours in 2006, (1.5 percent of total U.S. electricity consumption) at a cost of about $4.5 billion. This equates to the electricity consumption of 5.8 billion average households and represents more than double the electricity consumed for this purpose in 2000. Experts predict that consumption will double again by 2011.

And that’s just servers. Add consumer, computing, storage and other applications to the mix and energy costs are no longer being measured only in dollars. Progress now carries a steep environmental price.

Mitigating the environmental price begins at the electronic system level. That’s where the greatest transformation can occur in how energy is delivered and managed. And that’s the core of Powervation’s business.