Amount Requested: $5,000,000
This funding will be used to create the National Center for Energy Optimization in U.S. Data Centers at Binghamton University.  The center will focus on reducing military and commercial energy consumption through the development of new energy optimization and thermal tools for the design of energy efficient, self sensing and self managing electronic systems.  Currently, computer server farms world wide are projected to produce more green house gases than air travel by 2020.