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Abstract

Utilization of power increased day by day, due to large power utilization in IT sectors. This needs to be managed and control. The power distribution in such huge computing environment needs to be properly utilized. This will helps in balancing and saving natural resources. Cloud data centers are powerful computing system which acquire huge amount of electrical energy for running. The consumption of energy can be effectively managed by introducing smart grids. Smart grid works in the manner by collecting information of the energy utilized by the data centers and process it accordingly for getting the maximum throughput with less energy utilization. Smart grid monitors on electricity distribution. This paper is brief study on introducing smart grids in cloud data centers for much more economical cloud model. The paper also proposes a method for better implementation of smart grids in cloud data centers. The paper explains areas through which smart grid implementation will help in huge power saving.

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Keywords

Smart Grid, Data centers, power grid, (IT) Information Technology, (IMS) Intelligent Monitoring System, Smart, Grid Server (SGS), Intelligent Sensors (IS).