U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Advanced Manufacturing Office – Saving Energy in Data Centers
Case Studies
Here you will find links to case studies and assessment summaries that reveal how companies are saving energy in their data centers. These publications are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
Lucasfilm
Identified Annual Savings
$343,500
3,109,200 kWh
A DOE assessment team identified seven ways for Lucasfilm in San Francisco, California, to save energy in its 13,500-square-foot data center.
Read the full assessment summary (PDF 304 KB).
Sybase, Inc.
Implemented Annual Savings
$262,000
2,295,000 kWh
After implementing energy-saving measures in their Dublin, California, data center, Sybase applied DOE's DC Pro software tools and determined that the savings estimates provided by the tools closely matched the company's realized savings.
Read the full case study (PDF 1.7 MB).
Verizon
Identified Annual Savings
$181,500
1,540,700 kWh
Numerous opportunities were pinpointed during a DOE assessment of a Verizon data center that could help reduce energy use and increase reliability.
Read the full assessment summary (PDF 322 KB).
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