{"id":13468,"date":"2014-05-22T14:26:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T14:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/data-center-power-management\/"},"modified":"2014-05-22T14:26:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T14:26:41","slug":"data-center-power-management","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/30139\/data-center-power-management","title":{"rendered":"Data Center Power Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_data_center_power_management_mean\">What Does Data Center Power Management Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Data center power management is a broad process that enables the management, measurement and monitoring of power generation, consumption and optimization within a data center facility. \n<\/p>\n<p> It is part of the data center infrastructure management (DCIM) process that aims to provide administrative control over the electrical energy tools and processes of a data center.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_data_center_power_management\">Techopedia Explains Data Center Power Management<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Data center power management involves identifying, implementing and monitoring processes to improve power efficiency within the data center, both at the hardware and software level. 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