Green Technology for Data Centers

March 2014

While the internet is home to over 900 million websites, it is the data centers that actually store and distribute all this information. These data centers work round the clock to provide users uninterrupted access to the internet. These centers house highly sophisticated equipments for supporting computers, networks, security and data storage. The cost of operating data centers is tremendous due to the fact that they consume a great deal of electricity. In fact, an average data center can consume up to 100 times more power than standard buildings.

A Korean research team recently developed a low powered Integrated circuit for Ethernet that consumes only 0.75W of power but is capable of transferring data at a speed of 100 gigabits per second. The researchers claim that the new technology will use just one-third of the total energy currently being consumed by data centers. These microchips will help save a great deal of energy.

This ultra low power circuit is the world’s first practical solution that can be conveniently loaded into miniature communication modules. Compared with other chips that are currently employed in data centers, the 100Gbps CDR is a greener version of technology which not only maintains high data speeds but also is very efficient.

The use of this chip will not be restricted to data centers. It has been said that this latest thing in green technology will be an integral component in high-speed USBs, Television interfaces and High definition multimedia interface (HDMI) in the years to come. The new low power integrated circuit is all set to bring about a revolution in the field of green technology.  Greentec Systems was founded on the principle of doing business while working with the environment.