Improving data center energy efficiency is becoming a fundamental requirement for most organizations, not only to contain operating costs, but also to support growth, extend the life of existing facilities, protect the environment, and address increasing regulatory requirements. Electricity costs are rising fast. Most businesses already spend about half as much for the electricity to power and cool their infrastructure as they do for the hardware itself, and this percentage can be expected to increase. Read more about the energy-saving strategies developed by CERN openlab2 and used by CERN, the world's largest physics laboratory.