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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) leads the development of several tools and technologies that generate and evaluate strategies for design and operations, assisting data center designers, builders, and operators to make informed decisions to reduce costs and accelerate timelines.
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Stay up to date on the latest resources available from the Center of Expertise for Data Center Energy by reviewing our publications listing, reading the latest news, and accessing our federal resources, including the Data Center Energy Practitioner Training Program (DCEP).
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Publications

2026

Smith, Sarah Josephine, Alex Hubbard, Alexander Newkirk, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Billie Holecek, Dale A Sartor, Michael Mills, and Arman Shehabi."United States Data Center Energy Usage Report: 2025 Update." (2026).

2019

Fuchs, Heidi, Arman Shehabi, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Brian Lim, Kurt Roth, and Allen Tsao."Comparing datasets of volume servers to illuminate their energy use in data centers."Energy Efficiency 13 (2019) 379-392. DOI

2018

Fuchs, Heidi, Arman Shehabi, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Brian Lim, Kurt Roth, and Allen Tsao."Characteristics and Energy Use of Volume Servers in the U.S.."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018).

2017

Ganeshalingam, Mohan, Arman Shehabi, and Louis-Benoit Desroches."Shining a Light on Small Data Centers in the U.S.." (2017).