Energy efficient thermal management of data centers via open multi scale design a dissertation presented to the academic faculty by emad samadiani in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree doctor of philosophy in the gw woodruff school of mechanical engineering georgia institute of technology december 2009. Federal energy management program best practices guide for energy efficient data center design revised march 2011 prepared by the national renewable energy laboratory nrel a national laboratory of the us department of energy office of energy efficiency and renewable energy nrel is operated by the alliance for sustainable energy llc. Energy efficient thermal management of data centers examines energy flow in todays data centers particular focus is given to the state of the art thermal management and thermal design approaches now being implemented across the multiple length scales involved. In this course i will focus on energy efficient thermal management of data centers starting from the trends in energy consumption by cabinets and data centers i will discuss the currently used metrics to quantify their energy efficiency and sustainability. Energy efficient thermal management of data centers examines energy flow in todays data centers particular focus is given to the state of the art thermal management and thermal design approaches