...cloud platform. A good cloud OS should provide cloud-friendly applications; storage, processor, and platform resources; standard APIs, and excellent quality of service. All of these are aspects Linux has now, Sutor explained to the crowd...
http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-09-23-007-35-OS-BZ-CD
...design • Intelligent power and cooling algorithms • Hibernation and lowpower mode switching of underutilized resources • Standard and modular facilities building blocks, such as high density zones, to evolve a green data center Shared view...
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/resources/IBM_NEDC_whitepaper_07_15.pdf