This presentation summarizes the costs associated with cloud data centers, including servers (45% of costs), infrastructure (25%), power draw (15%), and networking (15%). It discusses problems like low server utilization (10%) due to uneven application fits and long provisioning timescales. Solutions proposed include increasing utilization by matching applications better to server resources and reducing provisioning times. Reducing power consumption through more efficient hardware could lower infrastructure and power costs. The presentation argues data center networks need properties like location-independent addressing and uniform bandwidth/latency to improve agility. It suggests incentivizing efficient resource usage and filling low-usage periods. Geo-distributing services could improve performance but requires joint optimization of data center and network resources.