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News Roundup
- The EPA estimates that by 2011, the country’s data centers will exceed 100 billion kWh, for an annual electricity cost of $7.4 billion. Wizards at the University of Michigan are working to save up to 75% of that by putting servers to sleep.
- According to PC Magazine, idling computers will emit 20 million tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to 4 million cars and wasting $2.8 billion a year.
- Will RFID enable you to quickly find a parking space without driving around looking for one, or for the water heater to notify you it’s failing, or for your washer to turn on in the middle of the night when electricity is cheapest? IBM thinks so, and believes its Smarter Planet Initiative, along with Linux, is the key to making this happen.
- Raritan thinks it can help (at least in Japan).
- The combined emissions of U.S. papermaking, data centers and client energy demand would fill over 100 Empire State Buildings with solidified CO2 (dry ice) each year, each building with 37 million cubic feet of space, with each cubic foot weighing 100 pounds. Oh, and if you own an iPhone for three years, you’ll release 121 pounds of greenhouse gas, the same as 12 100-watt light bulbs glowing for 691 hours or a car engine burning 603 gallons of gasoline. So says Don Carli.
- Dell is the number one green technology brand. So say 3,500 enterprise IT decision makers.
- 78% of shoppers say that the environmental practices of online retailers are a deciding factor in deciding where to shop online.
- Stop traveling and start collaborating remotely! Green IT is the key to reducing greenhouse gasses, according to the World Wildlife Federation.
What green IT news have you seen or heard lately?
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