Tech giant lifts the lid on optimising energy use for Bing
From V3:
From V3:
Microsoft has revealed more information on the datacentre efficiency tricks it employs to power its Bing search and web mail services.Microsoft gives a glimpse of a greener cloud
As firms such as Microsoft, Google and Amazon drive the adoption of cloud services, the datacentre has become a key battleground – not least because the IT industry comes under scrutiny from environmental campaigners concerned over rampant energy consumption.
“Increasing datacentre efficiency will make the cloud cost-effective for more scenarios and extend the benefits of online computing to many more aspects of human life,” says Aman Kansal, a researcher at Microsoft.
