WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Ser... - The Diigo Meta page

• 14 Nov 06
  

  Suhit Anantula

  Energy Green Tech Computers envacct

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  Inna

  energy

  • Dave Douglas, VP Eco Responsibility at Sun Microsystems
  • energy costs represent less than 10% of a typical company's information technology (IT) budget, that could rise to more than 50% in the next few years, says Gartner
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  • • Additional power is needed to remove the huge quantity of heat generated by these newer machines.
    • There are at least nine million servers in the U.S., operating 24/7
    • The energy needed for a rack of these high-density servers can be between 10 and 15 times higher than for a traditional server environment.

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