Patent ID: 7805473

Claim:
A data center management system comprising: a processor; logic executable by the processor to provide a user interface to receive a grid location input for an asset associated with a project, the grid location input having a grid location value corresponding to a grid location at which the asset is located in a data center managed by the data center management system, the user interface further to receive a vertical position input for the asset, the vertical position input having a vertical position value indicating a vertical position at which the asset is located in the data center, wherein the asset is one of a plurality of assets associated with the project; logic executable by the processor to map the first asset to the grid location value and to map the first asset to the first vertical position value; logic executable by the processor to calculate a usage value indicating a proportion of the data center used by the project; and logic executable by the processor to display, in the user interface, a utilization report comprising the usage value.