With a billion people participating online today, the network consumes more than 100 billion kilowatts of electricity and costs businesses around $7.2 billion in utility bills annually. And since the power consumption of datacenters doubled between 2000 and 2005, it's no surprise that 25 percent of an IT budget is consumed by energy costs alone. Some analysts say infrastructure power usage will soon cost more than the hardware itself.
So it's clear: what's good for the environment is imperative for business.
This axiom drives Sun's commitment to designing and delivering eco-friendly processors, systems, programs, and services that help businesses reduce their power consumption, environmental impact, and energy costs.
So it's clear: what's good for the environment is imperative for business.
This axiom drives Sun's commitment to designing and delivering eco-friendly processors, systems, programs, and services that help businesses reduce their power consumption, environmental impact, and energy costs.
More information here: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/environment/green/carbon.jsp
I agree that we must be more proactive about creating new technologies for the future.
ReplyDeleteEnergetic crisis is definately an issue that we all need to care about.
Thanks for sharing.
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