I was just thinking how anti business the power limits imposed by PG&E are.
I'm not sure if the limits are being imposed because of being on a fault
line, or just because they don't have enough power generation in that area.
If you were a large business with sites in multiple states, where would you
build your new datacenter. In California, where your power would be
limited, or in some state where they wouldn't limit your power. I know
Wisconsin has had a lot of battles about building a new power plant to serve
the Milwaukee area. Fortuneatly, we are building a new plant now.
Eric
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
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From: "Ed Gould" <ps2...@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:40 PM
Subject: Slightly off topic power limits
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I dialed in recently to an online technology discussion sponsored by
Wikibon.org, a community of technology professionals. Speaking was Rich
Avila, director of server and network operations at California State, who
said saving power wasn't a fuzzy, feel good goal for him. It was a
necessity.
Avila is the director of server and network operations at California State
University, East Bay, and he was responsible for 250 servers at the
Hayward, Calif., institution. The school's data center had ramped up
quickly and by late 2007, his utility was telling him he was drawing 67
kilowatt hours of power while the maximum available to him was going to be
capped at 75 kilowatt hours. Pacific Gas & Electric said in no uncertain
terms there'd be no additional power available when he reached that limit,
a date that appeared about six months off, Avila said.
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