House urges IT managers to buy energy-saving servers

Power usage at fast-growing server farms became an issue for Congress last week. The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill requiring a federal study of ways to improve the energy efficiency of servers and data centers.

The legislation, backed by IT vendors and approved by a 414-4 House vote, now goes to the Senate. If enacted, it would require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recommend incentives and voluntary programs to cut power consumption at data centers in the federal government and the private sector.
Computer World