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Computer servers energy consumption doubles |
Energy consumed by computer servers has doubled in the last five years in the US and the rising trend looks set to continue, with IT carving out an increasing share of the country's total carbon footprint.
According to figures released by the Environmental Protection Agency, servers now account for 1.5% of the USA's electricity use and the total demand is set to double again by 2011.
US tech firm CDW Corporation has published its own report highlighting that while almost all executives responsible for purchasing IT equipment and support list energy efficiency as one of their concerns, far fewer are doing anything to address it.
"While energy efficiency has become a 'motherhood' value in IT - more than 90% of IT buyers say they care about it - there is often much uncertainty about what to do, primarily because good information is severely lacking," said CDW vice president Mark Gambill.
"The first step in reducing energy consumption is to know what you are spending, yet more than 40% of technology professionals say they don't see their organisation's energy bill."
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