Energy-Efficient Cloud Computing: A Vision, Introduction, and Open Challenges

Cloud computing is offering utility-oriented IT services to usersworldwide. Based on a pay-as-you-go model, it enables hostingof pervasive applications from consumer, scientific, andbusiness domains. In recent years, energy efficiency hasemerged as one of the most important design requirements formodern computing systems, such as data centers and Clouds, asthey continue to consume enormous amounts of electrical power, contributing to high operational costs and carbon footprints tothe environment .The virtualization technology has advanced thearea by introduction of a very effective power saving technique.This paper presents vision, introduction to cloud computing andchallenges for energy-efficient management of Cloud computingenvironments. We focus on the development of energy efficientalgorithms that work to boost data center energy efficiency andperformance.This paper proposes development of Virtualizationtechnology that provides some unique opportunity for betterresource utilization and develop a software platform thatsupports the energy efficient management and allocation ofCloud data center resources.