Solar-powered cloud computing datacenters

Laura Hosman; Bruce Baikie

doi:10.1109/MITP.2011.116

Solar-powered cloud computing datacenters

Laura Hosman, Bruce Baikie

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Abstract

In the developing world, reliable and affordable electricity isn't always available, presenting challenges for the Western 'bigger is better' datacenter model. A small-scale, cloud computing datacenter, however, could leverage recent technological breakthroughs to instead rely on solar energy.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6109222
Pages (from-to)	15-21
Number of pages	7
Journal	IT Professional
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2011.116
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

cloud computing
datacenter
developing world
direct current
emerging regions
renewable energy
solar-photovoltaic energy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Science Applications

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