The computer world moves rapidly toward the adoption of data centers greener and more environmentally friendly. The need for environmental awareness and corporate social responsibility has done more than necessary to pay attention to such initiatives.
Accommodation biggest deterrent, and most IT companies face in creating data centers is the cost factor. The steep cost in the establishment of a green data center to keep many IT companies to go from a green datacenter. The nature of the
However, if you care to check the statistics of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, data centers consumed up more than 12 billion kilowatt hours of electrical energy in 2000 alone which further amplified to $ 23 billion in the year 2005! Vertigo, is not it!
In the U.S. alone as estimated by the EPA Energy Star reports the server market in 2005 increased by 2.8 million units to approximately 4.9 million units in nearly five years in January 2010. Rising markets push server means inevitable in energy consumption and the need to cut back on power consumption and to find greener alternatives in companies with data centers. In 2007, the now famous "The Green Grid" has been set up by joint efforts of IBM, AMD, Intel, Microsoft and Sun to reduce power consumption. Efforts "U.S. Green Building Council" (USGBC) also deserve mention as it launched a new compliance certification describing benchmarks for green data centers.
We all know that establishing and enforcing legislation is never a less onerous and manages her own journey towards completion. However, some immediate and practical ways and means can be followed to obtain a more environmentally friendly and safer for all.Read More
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