HP launches plan to build low-power servers

Hewlett Packard Co unveiled plans to develop extremely low-energy servers, partnering with companies such as chip designers ARM Holdings Plc and Advanced Micro Devices Inc in a move that could threaten the dominance of Intel Corp. Explosive growth in data centers that drive the Internet is taking up increasing amounts of electricity and tech companies are looking for ways to make servers more efficient and trim their energy bills. HP, at an event at its research center in Palo Alto, said the effort, dubbed "Project Moonshot," aimed to find an alternative to the massive computing infrastructure needed to support the Web and billions of mobile devices.

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