Vertatique commentor David Washburn  recently called our attention to a presentation by Sun Microsystems' CTO, which focused on the class of large computing users with high-growth demand. I was disappointed that the CTO only tangentially talked about power consumption, but his remarks got me thinking . . .

These mega-users have the most to gain by addressing the energy consumption and waste-heat issues. This is good news for all operators of data centers of all sizes. The big players will be driving innovation that can be adopted by everyone.

If you want to watch Sun's presentation: click here, then click on the "Redshift" presentation.

View a PDF of the slides.