From: vnunet.com 05/12/07
"Experts have warned that the IT industry's carbon footprint is skyrocketing and could soon surpass that of the aviation industry.
The survey of 120 senior IT directors in the UK found that 86 per cent are unaware of their IT department's carbon footprint, and 61 per cent of data centres had capacity for only two more years of growth.
In this environment, a flabby business that guzzles budget and energy is likely to be a prime target for impending legislation."
Energy-hungry electronics are not going away anytime soon; in fact, it's only going to get worse as dependency on electronics further increases. I still can't help but feel that we've missed the boat here. As the world has been clearly heading down the tech road for decades now, why is it only now that true panic is setting in? Whilst a change in the law to force IT departments to become more energy efficient would help, surely educating the wider public would yield more substantial savings more quickly.
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