SC Conference - Activity Details
Energy Efficient Data Centers for HPC, How Lean and Green do we need to be?
Moderator:
Michael K. Patterson
(Intel Corporation)
Panelists:
| William Tschudi (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
| Phil Reese (Stanford University) |
| David Seger (IDC Architects) |
| Henry Tufo (National Center for Atmospheric Research) |
| Thursday, 10:30AM - 12:00PM |
| Room PB256 |
The performance gains of HPC machines on the Top500 list is actually
exceeding a Moore's Law growth rate, providing more capability for less
energy. The challenge is now the data center design; the power and
cooling required to support these machines. The energy cost becomes an
increasingly important factor. We will look at best practices and
on-going developments in data center and server design that support
improvements in TCO and energy use. The panel will also explore future
growth and the very large data centers. Microsoft has a 48 MW data
center, Google has one at 85 MW. Google also operates one with a PUE of
1.15. How efficient can an exascale system get? Or must be? Is the
answer tightly-packed containers or spread-out warehouses? Will we need
to sub-cool for performance or run warmer to use less energy? Join us
for a lively discussion of these critical issues.
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