This is armchair analytics so take me with a grain of salt, but:

- server/cloud computing is largely all about performance per watt

- the latest couple gens intel seem to be struggling to innovate and are just getting better benchmarks by cranking up the power consumption. even AMD's latest release is along the lines of "x% faster per core, XX% more power draw".

So I wonder if this is percolating out into the server/cloud space where people are just watching the chipmakers trade off efficiency for benchmarks and are unimpressed.