摘要 |
Determining and apportioning the environmental impacts of a data center provides useful business intelligence for data center consumers. In one embodiment, apportioned carbon footprints are determined by identifying a data center and an application, determining the carbon footprint of a data center, and apportioning the carbon footprint on an application-specific basis. Apportioned carbon footprints are then selectively utilized as disclosed, such as, for example, to selectively adjust data center load. Other embodiments include different environmental impacts, including water consumption. |