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Cool is hot for data storage [1]

The IT industry accounts for about 2 per cent of global carbon emissions - close to the same as the aviation sector - and has an important role to play in the environmental agenda. The main issue for IT is the amount of electricity that computers use. Data centres in particular have come into focus as heavy consumers of power. The average centre uses 50 times more energy than the average office and can cost around

Publication Date: 
18/04/2008
Maija Palmer [2]
Financial Times (London) [3]
Tags:
Emission Targets [4], Renewable Energy [5], Electricity [6], Information [7], Computers [8]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/emission-targets
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/information
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/computers