Data Center Energy Efficiency Focus Groups and Interviews

The data include transcripts prepared from audio recordings of six focus groups and seven interviews with managers who made equipment purchase or maintenance decisions for one or more U.S. data centers. The focus groups were conducted in New York City, Dallas, and Boston, and the seven interviews were conducted by telephone. Focus groups and interviewers were conducted between October 2014 and June 2015. Also included are questionnaires completed by focus group and interview participants. Citation information for this dataset can be found in the EDG's Metadata Reference Information section and Data.gov's References section.