Many times corporations isolate their data centers because of the amount of heat the servers generate and use air conditioning to cool those areas. Instead, researchers have proposed creating smaller servers that are just as powerful and distributing them to individuals to heat homes and businesses.
As members of the House Ways and Means Committee wades into America's tax-code quagmire in search of simplification, shore Representative Jon Runyan (R-3) urges the panel to take renewable energy into account.