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논문 초록 (Abstract)

Due to the advancement of the telecommunication and information technology (IT) industry, internet data centers (IDCs) have bec ome widespread in the public and private sectors. As such, energy d emand in the center has also become increasingly prominent. Several tech nologies on energy management have been studied to determine the options available to minimize theenergy required to operate the data c enter as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The cooling system is required to removethe high heat dissipated by the IT electronic compon ents especially the servers in order to ensure safe and reliable wo rking condition. However, it utilizes more than one-third of the tot al energy consumption in the data center. In this study, the energy effi ciency technologies that are usually applied to cooling systems in da ta centers were reviewed. The aim is to find out the strategies t hat will reduce the energy consumption of the cooling system since the cooling demand in data center is all year round. Prior to that, the p erformance metric tool that is mostly used in analyzing data center effi ciency was discussed. The conventional cooling system technologies that are utilized in data centers were also provided. Lastly, innovat ive cooling technologies for future solutions in data centers were discu ssed.