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RavenOfOdin
July 13th, 2006, 12:24 AM
Can anyone who either watches C-SPAN (where I initially saw this thing) or is running abreast of the whole "environmental protection" debate give me feedback on this?

Long story short, the EPA is going to be monitoring the power usage and resulting environmental impact of computer datacenters.

Computer server market is expected to grow almost 100% in the next 4 years.

(PS: It took me a day to find a suitable link, and given what happened the last time I tried posting something from a TV broadcast, here y'all go.)

Congress to Vote on Data Center Power Bill

www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1987490,00.asp

I personally think this is only going to signify better times ahead for Linux, since servers are the majority of its workload. All concerns about total cost of ownership of Linux vs. Windows platforms aside, can anyone give me information as to the APM/ACPI support for the current kernel and if that plays well with EnergyStar standards?