The sun's shining, can IT cut energy use?

IT PRO (Sep 29 2011) Power and Cooling , Emissions , Servers

1. It has been a hot week and the temperature could rise further. And IT must shoulder part of the blame. Globally, IT is a significant user of energy and so, the science suggests, to climate change. The IT industry is responsible for between two and three per cent of annual, global emissions. This figure puts IT on par with a much more visible – and much more often criticised – source of pollution: aviation. But so far, IT companies have not been the subject of protests or Climate Camps. Within IT, the largest single source of energy use, and emissions, is the data centre. Data centres use a full 1.5 per cent of global energy. Most of that energy use comes from the enterprise, or from government. The challenge for CIOs, then, is to reduce energy consumption and emissions, whilst continuing to provide the technology services that the business demands. The ... (Read Full Article)

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