Data center emergency power management

One or more tangible computer-readable storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method to trigger a planned power outage in a data center, the method comprising:

• receiving a request to initiate a planned power outage from a remote client device;
• storing the request in an event database;
• providing power down suggestions specifying one or more network element in response to the request t;
• selecting one or more of the suggested network elements, wherein the suggested network elements are selected based on a role assigned to each network element;
• and
• generating instructions that perform a logical shutdown of the selected network elements, wherein the logical shutdown closes a subset of applications executing on the selected network element.

A data center power management system, the data center power management system comprising:

• one or more environmental devices that provide realtime environmental data for a data center having network elements;
• a managed power distribution component that manages power supplied to each network element in the data center by performing a logical shutdown of the network elements, wherein the logical shutdown closes a subset of applications executing on the selected network element;
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• a power management server that controls the power provided to the network elements based on a role associated with the network elements, the power management server comprises a client interface that connects a remote device, a network element interface that connects to the network elements in the data center, a power management interface that connects to the managed power distribution component, and an environmental device interface that connects to the environmental devices.