Australia introduces carbon tax

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Jul 11 2011) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

...s in place that would see it reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15m tonnes by 2012. Researches from Gartner, however, have said that the data center industry, despite its lack of presence in the top 500, cou......rst government to implement a carbon tax. Finland introduced 20euro-a-tonne tax on CO2 in 2010, the Netherlands has a general fuel tax on fossil fuel use, Sweden brought a carbon tax into play ... (Read Full Article)

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VirtenSys Raises $16 Million in New Round of Funding

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...-disruptive solutions that can be deployed immediately,” said Stuart Paterson, partner at SEP. “Gartner estimates the I/O Virtualization switch opportunity to be worth more than $4 billion per year. The ......d venture capital. Gimv's local buyout teams target small to medium-sized companies in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Germany. In technology businesses, Gimv provides venture capital to help startups expan... (Read Full Article)

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Greening the Internet: How much CO2 does this article produce?

Explore news.myjoyonline.com (Jul 12 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

... studies have highlighted the growing energy demands of computers. A 2007 report from research firm Gartner, for example, estimates the manufacturing, use and disposal of information and communications techn......tes and then purchase renewable energy certificates based on their sites' monthly carbon footprint. Netherlands-based Cleanbits lobbies web sites to go green by either by purchasing carbon offsets or switching t... (Read Full Article)

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