Data center with energy-aware workload placement

A computer system for boosting efficiency through energy-aware workload placement, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage media, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
• obtaining an energy profile for a plurality of computer servers including power consumption data for each computer server in the plurality of computer servers;
• determining an optimal temperature for each computer server in the plurality of computer servers based on the energy profile;
• determining a target processor utilization for each computer server in the plurality of computer servers based on the optimal temperature;
• calculating an efficiency rank for each computer server in the plurality of computer servers based on the target processor utilization and the power consumption data, wherein the calculated efficiency rank is further based on a combination of a facility efficiency, a server efficiency, and a compute efficiency;
• and
• deploying a workload on a computer server with a highest efficiency rank.

A computer program product for boosting efficiency through energy-aware workload placement, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable storage device having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
• obtaining an energy profile for a plurality of computer servers including power consumption data for each computer server in the plurality of computer servers;
• determining an optimal temperature for each computer server in the plurality of computer servers based on the energy profile;
• determining a target processor utilization for each computer server in the plurality of computer servers based on the optimal temperature;
• calculating an efficiency rank for each computer server in the plurality of computer servers based on the target processor utilization and the power consumption data, wherein the calculated efficiency rank is further based on a combination of a facility efficiency, a server efficiency, and a compute efficiency;
• and
• deploying a workload on a computer server with a highest efficiency rank.