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NEGOTIATION OF POWER RATES BASED ON DYNAMIC WORKLOAD DISTRIBUTION

  • US 20100057625A1
  • Filed: 09/03/2008
  • Published: 03/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for a power consumer to initiate and negotiate a price with an energy provider for the consumer'"'"'s future compute workload requirements, comprising the steps of:

  • estimating the customer'"'"'s future compute workload power requirements;

    obtaining current power rates of eligible energy providers;

    calculating cost of transferring from one energy provider to another;

    determining a target price for the workload requirements; and

    selecting an energy provider based upon its abilities to meet the target price.

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