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How a Data Center Cut Energy Use by 40 Percent
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a mid-sized data center in Northern Virginia slashed its energy consumption by 40 percent using a combination of hot-aisle containment, free air cooling, and AI-driven load balancing. They walk through the specific operational changes — from raising server inlet temperatures to 80 degrees Fahrenheit to deploying predictive workload scheduling — and explain why the industry average power usage effectiveness of 1.6 is actually quite wasteful. The episode centers on the facility's journey from a PUE of 1.8 down to 1.08 over 18 months, and what…
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