How do you save the earth? By pouring millions into a new datacenter, of course! It seems that IBM just can't stop talking up its eco-friendly moves lately, but at least it's backing up its PR with action:

IBM’s mega million dollar datacenter expansion will take place at their existing Boulder Colorado facility. Expected to fulfill a commitment to a currently unknown $480 million client, this newly designed datacenter will boast a 75,000 square foot increase in area -- from approximately 225,000 square today -- to more than 300,000 square feet, making it one of IBM’s largest data centers.

Some of the incentives to their company include a $700,000 "incentive funding" package offered by the great state of Colorado and the city of Boulder. Also, the Office of Economic Development and International Trade have awarded IBM with a $632,000 bonus to help get things started and they have agreed to work with IBM’s staff to institute a training program for the new data center. Additionally IBM will receive $100,000 rebate from Boulder’s Business Incentive Program, which oddly enough is due to be reassessed before the end of the year.

The point is that with incentives -- which are a drop in the bucket in this case -- companies can get a jump start on the process of building out their greener/cleaner IT infrastructures to the benefit of all. The rest of the article, written by our host site's mysterious staff, is here.