This article sets out the findings of a yearlong examination by the New York Times. It highlights the vast amounts of energy which is wasted by data centres.

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Michael Mudd, the Hong Kong-based Asia Pacific representative for an industry association called the Open Computing Alliance, comments on the work that has been invested into turning data centres greener.

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The report, by Jonathan G. Koomey, a consulting professor in the civil and environmental engineering department at Stanford University, found that the actual number of computer servers declined significantly compared to 2010 forecasts because of this lowered demand for computing and because of the financial crisis of 2008 and the emergence of technologies like more efficient computer chips and computer server virtualization, which allows fewer servers to run more programs.

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First, I will admit, I am among the group of IT advocates who claim that IT is overall green; I say this based on widely quoted numbers, primarily from the US, in the growth of such things as telecommuting. For example, 15 years ago there were an estimated 5 million telecommuters in the US, and they really were just that; staying at home one or more days a week, using the plain old telephone to conduct their business, rather than in an office. That figure is now 25 million – and growing and they are no longer just on the phone, but connected via high speed broadband to their company data centres, often for 3 or more days a week.

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Click here to view slides that provide an overview of the EU position on smart grids and the position going forward.

As we enter the coming decade there seems to be a nagging question, a question that I have to say I frequently answer without any concrete proof. The question is simple, yet profound in its implications as a global citizen: ‘Is IT part of the problem or part of the solution to Climate Change?’

Click here to read the article in IT Expert (Thailand).

Click here to read the article on page 7 in The President Post (Indonesia).

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The results of Greenpeace Cool IT and ConnectionResearch studies are summarised in a recent update by Green IT Review. The two pieces of research are different in terms of their focus but both tell the story. 

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Australian IT users are less than halfway down the path to effective Green IT. Connection Research’s second annual Green IT survey shows that Australian organisations have become considerably greener in their usage of IT in the last 12 months, but that the rate of improvement varies considerably in different areas of Green IT.

The biggest areas of improvement are in enterprise IT, especially in the data centre, but Green IT practices in procurement and disposal have not improved at all, and even declined in many cases.

The level of maturity in different areas of Green IT is measured by Connection Research’s Green IT Readiness Index, which quantifies five different areas of Green IT: Lifecycle, End User, Enterprise, Enablement and Metrics. The Index is based on the Connection Research-RMIT Green IT Framework, which classifies the various components of Green IT.

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