[CAnet - news] Advnatges of cloud computing at zero carbon data centers
"Bill St. Arnaud" <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:53:27 -0500
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With advent of cap and trade, the = demand for renewable power is going to increase significantly so those organizations that deploy or use cloud services that have their own = source of renewable power independent of the electrical grid will benefit significantly. The challenge then is to how to make the service reliable = =96 but since cloud computing is geographically distributed reliability is ensured through geographical replication. =20 http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=3D09/02/13/1852241 =20 http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2009/EECS-2009-28.pdf =20 "UC Berkeley researchers have outlined their <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/38547> view of cloud = computing, which they say has great opportunity to exploit unprecedented IT = resources if vendors can overcome a litany of obstacles. 'We argue that the construction and operation of extremely large-scale, commodity-computer = data centers at low-cost locations was the key necessary enabler of Cloud Computing,' =20 Price of kilowatt-hours of electricity by region=20 Price per KWH and reasons for price differences: =20 3.6=A2 Idaho Hydroelectric power; not sent long distance 10.0=A2 California Electricity transmitted long distance over the grid; limited transmission lines in Bay Area; no coal fired electricity allowed in California. =20 18.0=A2 Hawaii Must ship fuel to generate electricity =20 =20 ------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to [email protected] =20 These news items and comments are mine alone and do not necessarily = reflect those of the CANARIE board or management. =20 =20 =20 ------ [email protected] [email protected] http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/ =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0067_01C98E8A.15D03F10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:x=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" = xmlns:p=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" = xmlns:a=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" = xmlns:dt=3D"uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:s=3D"uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:rs=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z=3D"#RowsetSchema" = xmlns:b=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" = xmlns:ss=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" = xmlns:c=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" = xmlns:odc=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" = xmlns:oa=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" = xmlns:html=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" = xmlns:q=3D"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:D=3D"DAV:" = xmlns:x2=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" = xmlns:ois=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" = xmlns:dir=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" = xmlns:ds=3D"http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" = xmlns:dsp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" = xmlns:udc=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" = xmlns:xsd=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" = xmlns:sub=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/"= xmlns:ec=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" = xmlns:sp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" = xmlns:sps=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" = xmlns:xsi=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" = xmlns:udcs=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" = xmlns:udcxf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" = xmlns:udcp2p=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" = xmlns:wf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" = xmlns:dsss=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" = xmlns:dssi=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" = xmlns:mdssi=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-sig= nature" = xmlns:mver=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006= " xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns:mrels=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationshi= ps" xmlns:spwp=3D"http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" = xmlns:ex12t=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"= = xmlns:ex12m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messag= es" = xmlns:pptsl=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/= " = xmlns:spsl=3D"http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/Pub= lishedLinksService" xmlns:Z=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" = xmlns:st=3D"" xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; 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mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Plain Text"; font-family:Consolas;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>For more information on this item please visit = my blog at <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><a = href=3D"http://green-broadband.blogspot.com/">http://green-broadband.blog= spot.com/</a> or <a = href=3D"http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com">http://billstarnaud.blogspot.co= m</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------------<o:p></o:= p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'>=A0[Here is an excellent article on = cloud computing and SaaS. It clearly demonstrates that locating cloud = infrastructure at remote renewable energy sites has a huge cost advantage because you = don’t have to pay the huge markup for transmission of power. With advent of = cap and trade, the demand for renewable power is going to increase significantly = so those organizations that deploy or use cloud services that have their = own source of renewable power independent of the electrical grid will = benefit significantly. The challenge then is to how to make the service reliable = – but since cloud computing is geographically distributed reliability is = ensured through geographical replication.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'><a href=3D"http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=3D09/02/13/1852241">http:= //tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=3D09/02/13/1852241</a><o:p></o:p></spa= n></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'><a href=3D"http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2009/EECS-2009-28.pdf"= >http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2009/EECS-2009-28.pdf</a><o:p= ></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><i>"UC Berkeley = researchers have <a = href=3D"http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/38547">outlined their view of cloud computing</a>, which they say has great opportunity to = exploit unprecedented IT resources if vendors can overcome a litany of = obstacles. 'We argue that the construction and operation of extremely large-scale, = commodity-computer data centers at low-cost locations was the key necessary enabler of = Cloud Computing,'</i><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'><o:p></o:p></sp= an></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'>Price of kilowatt-hours of electricity = by region <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'>Price per KWH and reasons for price = differences:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'>3.6=A2 Idaho Hydroelectric power; not = sent long distance<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'>10.0=A2 California Electricity = transmitted long distance over the grid;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'>limited transmission lines in Bay Area; = no coal<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'>fired electricity allowed in = California.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:NimbusRomNo9L-Regu'>18.0=A2 Hawaii Must ship fuel to generate electricity</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>= <p class=3DMsoPlainText>To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><o= :p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>These news items and comments are mine alone and = do not necessarily reflect those=A0 of the CANARIE board or = management.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>------<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_0067_01C98E8A.15D03F10-- --===============1417865209== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canarie.ca/mailman/listinfo/news --===============1417865209==--