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Data Center Design:
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Data Center Outages,
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Policy: Cap and Trade, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Carbon Tax, Emissions
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Application: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing
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“ To play a significant role in helping make sure global greenhouse gas emissions peak by 2015, IT companies need to deliver upon the promise that their technology can provide substantial climate savings today. ”
By Casey Harrell
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Green:Net 2010
TreeHugger (Apr 30 2010) Carbon Footprint
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Greenpeace is all about making companies who talk the talk actually walk the walk, especially when it comes to technology. The activist organization is well known for flinging egg on the face of electronics manufacturers who say they're making moves to green their gadgets, but then backslide on their commitments. It's the same with the IT industry - Greenpeace agrees with IT companies that technology has massive potential to cut our carbon footprints, but when it comes to implementing the solutions these companies are dreaming up, Greenpeace says they're being far too sluggish. That's why they've put out the IT Leaderboard, a ranking system of tech companies, as a way to create "friendly" competition and prod them into action and earn the green clout they're all hoping to have in the marketplace.
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