BBCWatcher writes "InformationWeek and CNN among others report that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in August asked server manufacturers to develop "miles per gallon" ratings for their equipment that would provide accurate assessments of energy efficiency. IBM says it is now providing "typical usage ratings" for its line of z9 mainframe computers, in addition to previously available maximum power ratings. More than 1,000 z9s around the world started reporting (with the owners' permission) on May 11th their actual installed power and cooling demands, so IBM can publish statistics such as how much energy is required to turn on an additional processor to run multiple Linux virtual servers (answer: only about 20 total watts). "Over time every vendor is going to be asked to provide typical energy use numbers for their equipment. It's what the EPA wants, and this allows us to move beyond simple performance benchmarking to energy benchmarking.""
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