HPL-2011-14 Design of Farm Waste-Driven Supply Side Infrastructure for Data Centers - Sharma, Ratnesh; Christian, Tom; Arlitt, Martin; Bash, Cullen; Patel, Chandrakant
Keyword(s): anaerobic digestion, combined heat and power, farm waste, manure, waste heat, resource management
Abstract: In this paper, we design a supply-side infrastructure for data centers that runs primarily on energy from digested farm waste. Although the information technology and livestock industries may seem completely disjoint, they have complementary characteristics that we exploit for mutual benefit. In par ...
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