As businesses become increasingly dependent on high-tech data centers for processing and storing key information, electricity bills are skyrocketing. This report outlines practical steps businesses can take to make their data centers more energy-efficient -- and cost-effective.

The June 2002 report identifies two key technology strategies shown to improve the performance of data centers and reduce air pollution by cutting energy use: energy-efficient design and on-site combined-heat-and-power systems. Also included is a discussion of power quality and the often misleading promise of energy “availability.”