In the x86-based Windows world, server proliferation has been burning medium and larger companies. As data centers have been overrun with new servers for new workloads, the sheer numbers of servers have been sucking up more power than data centers can handle, jacking up utility bills, and generally wasting energy as they sit around blowing fans over under-utilized processors that still manage to crank out enough heat to fry eggs faster than hot summer asphalt in Phoenix, Arizona. *Read more...