Powering the New Digital Economy

How Enterprise Energy Management Systems Help Maximize Power Reliability

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A White Paper by John Van Gorp and Bill Westbrock, Power Measurement Ltd., Victoria, BC, August 29, 2001

INTRODUCTION

The rapid adoption of information technology ("IT") and increasing dependency on sophisticated production processes has dramatically increased the importance that organizations attach to highly reliable supplies of electrical energy. Enterprises such as large data and communications centers, Internet hosting facilities, online retailers, and manufacturers with sensitive processes (such as computer chip plants) find even brief interruptions to be disruptive and expensive.

These "digital economy" operations require near 100% uptime, and the aggregate load that these businesses represent is growing at a phenomenal rate. By the year 2010 the digital economy is expected to consume between 40 to 50% of the energy used in the United States.¹  Even "old economy" enterprises are increasingly dependent on automation equipment and Internet-enabled solutions for manufacturing, procurement and 24-hour customer service call centers.

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