WP#54 - The Great East Japan Earthquake and Trends in Data Center Energy Efficiency

25 March, 2013 | White Paper

Editors: Yuji, Ishibashi, AT TOKYO Eiji Taguchi, Intel Contributors: Nobuo Sashida, Schneider Electric Yukiyoshi Oshima, IBM Yasuhiro Nakai, NEC Takao Shiino, NRI

The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011 was an unprecedented disaster. This white paper provides an overview of the disaster, its impact on data centers, and how data centers are responding to the worsening power situation following the disaster. It also describes trends in data centers in Japan in an environment where greater energy efficiency is required, and describes case studies of efforts to improve data center energy efficiency.

(Language: Japanese)