Microsoft Closed-Loop Data Center Control
Microsoft demonstrates innovative emerging technologies at its internal TechFest. The green data center is one of its research topics. ...
... "Closed-Loop Control Systems for the Datacenter, a project aimed at improving the energy efficiency of datacenters by selectively putting idle servers into a low-power state while maintaining service response times ... " ...Via Microsoft: Future Computing Technologies for more efficient datacenters
Sustainable Computing: Is It Time to Turn Off Your Servers?: "Microsoft Research has investigated methods for turning off idle servers. "