A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for optimizing the power consumption of a plurality of information processing systems. Historical usage data representing power usage of a plurality of information processing systems is retrieved in response to a request to generate power savings recommendations. Statistical analysis is performed on the historical usage data are to determine usage patterns, which are then further analyzed to determine repetitions of the usage patterns. In turn, the repetitions of the usage patterns are analyzed to generate power consumption management recommendations to initiate power consumption management actions at particular times. One or more business constraints are determined, which are used to generate constraints to the power consumption management recommendations.