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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ranjini Bangalore Guruprasad, Bangalore, IN;
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Bangalore, IN;
Dilip Krishnaswamy, Bangalore, IN;
Prakash Murali, Bangalore, IN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: executing, using at least one processor, computer readable program code to: identify a plurality of possibilities at the disposal of a data center for changing its energy demand in its role as a consumer of energy, wherein each of the possibilities is associated with: a time interval during which change in energy consumption of the data center is to take place; and an amount of energy to be drawn, during the time interval, by the data center from an electric provider through a connection to a power grid; wherein the plurality of possibilities are different from each other; proactively determine, based on the identified plurality of possibilities, the ability of the data center to change its energy consumption, thereby changing the amount of energy drawn by the data center from the energy provider; and communicate, to a remote device that is in direct communication with an energy supplier, data indicating the ability of the data center to change its energy consumption.