Researchers from the University of Waterloo have found a way to reduce the energy use of some data centres by as much as 30 per cent. Computing accounts for as much as 5 per cent of the world’s total energy use every day, and that type of energy consumption is expected to significantly increase as computing power is needed to meet the exponential growth of artificial

Researchers from the University of Waterloo have found a way to reduce the energy use of some data centres - by approximately 30 lines – that would improve Linux’s network traffic processing. If adopted, the new method could reduce the energy consumption of important data centre operations by as much as 30 per cent