Inventors:
James R. Hamilton - Bellevue WA, US
James J. Freely - Marshall VA, US
Mike Neil - Mercer Island WA, US
Michael J. Manos - North Bend WA, US
Michael R. Fortin - Redmond WA, US
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 1/32
Abstract:
An exemplary method for managing power consumption of a data center includes monitoring power consumption of a data center, assessing power consumption with respect to a billing equation for power, based on the assessment, deciding whether to implement a power policy where the power policy reduces instantaneous power consumption by the data center and increases a load factor wherein the load factor is an average power consumed by the data center divided by a peak power consumed by the data center over a period of time. Various other methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed.