A Systematic Survey on Energy-Efficient Techniques in Sustainable Cloud Computing

Salil Bharany, Sandeep Sharma, Osamah Ibrahim Khalaf, Ghaida Muttashar Abdulsahib, Abeer S. Al Humaimeedy, Theyazn H. H. Aldhyani, Mashael Maashi and Hasan Alkahtani
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Salil Bharany: CET Department, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, India
Sandeep Sharma: CET Department, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, India
Osamah Ibrahim Khalaf: Al-Nahrain Nano Renewable Energy Research Center, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad 10072, Iraq
Ghaida Muttashar Abdulsahib: Department of Computer Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad 19006, Iraq
Abeer S. Al Humaimeedy: Software Engineering Department, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 103786, Riyadh 11616, Saudi Arabia
Theyazn H. H. Aldhyani: Applied College in Abqaiq, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Mashael Maashi: Software Engineering Department, King Saud University, Riyadh 11543, Saudi Arabia
Hasan Alkahtani: College of Computer Science and Information Technology, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-89

Abstract: Global warming is one of the most compelling environmental threats today, as the rise in energy consumption and CO 2 emission caused a dreadful impact on our environment. The data centers, computing devices, network equipment, etc., consume vast amounts of energy that the thermal power plants mainly generate. Primarily fossil fuels like coal and oils are used for energy generation in these power plants that induce various environmental problems such as global warming ozone layer depletion, which can even become the cause of premature deaths of living beings. The recent research trend has shifted towards optimizing energy consumption and green fields since the world recognized the importance of these concepts. This paper aims to conduct a complete systematic mapping analysis on the impact of high energy consumption in cloud data centers and its effect on the environment. To answer the research questions identified in this paper, one hundred nineteen primary studies published until February 2022 were considered and further categorized. Some new developments in green cloud computing and the taxonomy of various energy efficiency techniques used in data centers have also been discussed. It includes techniques like VM Virtualization and Consolidation, Power-aware, Bio-inspired methods, Thermal-management techniques, and an effort to evaluate the cloud data center’s role in reducing energy consumption and CO 2 footprints. Most of the researchers proposed software level techniques as with these techniques, massive infrastructures are not required as compared with hardware techniques, and it is less prone to failure and faults. Also, we disclose some dominant problems and provide suggestions for future enhancements in green computing.

Keywords: cloud computing; carbon emission; cloud data centers; energy consumption; green cloud; sustainability; virtualization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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