The company has a high forecast for data consumption over the next few years, and is preparing its network appropriately.
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The latest projections from iGR, a telecom industry analyst firm, forecast that bandwidth consumption will grow ten-fold by 2017.
In order to participate as a virtual power plant, you have to have a clear understanding of your data center power consumption, your forecast, and your flexibility for reducing (and increasing) power consumption with different application load.
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China's 2006 oil consumption is forecast to increase by almost half a million barrels per day from last year's volumes, or 38% of the total growth in world oil demand.
The International Energy Agency lifted its demand forecast for next year and raised its projections for consumption to 2015, citing stronger US growth.
Oil cartel OPEC on Tuesday cut its global demand forecast for 2008 for the fourth time this year, adding consumption would continue to slow in 2009.
Start with consumption, the side of the equation that can be forecast with some accuracy.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries cut its global demand forecast for 2008 for the fourth time this year, saying that consumption would continue to slow in 2009.
Consumption levels rose by 1.4%, lower than the earlier forecast of 2%.
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If both these wealth effects turn negative, the blow to consumption could be severe, and the current recession could be deeper than most economists now forecast.
Most analysts have forecast a long-term rise in personal savings in the U.S. as well as depressed consumption and slower growth because of it.
General consumption in the basin will increase by 25% in the next 25 years, according to a forecast by a consultant to the commission.
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