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To: tech101 who wrote (17178)	10/10/2006 8:02:56 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 46821

Hi Tech101. No need to apologize, I understand what you're saying. And of course, you're correct concerning the exaggeration. The party who was being cited was merely trying to make a point, though, and a fairly good one, imo. He probably assumed a certain sense of license that allowed him to project his views into the next millennium ;) Yes, the environment is affected adversely by this problem, but so is the IT problem exacerbated, and considerably so. And the problem is not only the higher costs. Logistics and facilities planning become factors, too. Higher server densities per rack, and higher levels of power consumption per server, etc., are, collectively rendering some parts of data centers unusable for their originally intended purposes because of the "multiply by 2, or, in some cases, 3" factor we've seen in total watts consumed per sq ft over the past decade or so. One data center I'm aware of actually had to work through its facilities department to re-allocate space that earlier was slated for server farms, assigning it to less power-consuming office space. And it's no longer a slam dunk for some data centers to view storage areas and non-critical work spaces as potential "expansion" zones, fwiw, unless they can accurately predict the availability and adequate supply of power. The power utility will bend over backwards to get you as a customer and run new lines, etc., helping to maintain a good image by bringing new business to the local community, and improving its lot at the same time. But, once you're "in there" on a twenty-year lease, and after several years go by you find that you now require another 138 KVA to be pulled in, or a secondary or tertiary feed for redundancy and/or diversity to a branch off another grid? That's when the fun begins and the previous deal sweeteners suddenly don't taste so sweet anymore. And so it goes ... FAC