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- IT vendors are spending huge amounts of money in Green initiatives. IBM announced in May it would spend $1 billion per year to find ways to make computing more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. – Optimize Magazine May 2007
- “While the majority of IT procurement operations executives are interested in buying products that are environmentally friendly and energy efficient, most companies don’t have formal “green” criteria for their tech purchasing decisions.” – Optimize Magazine May 2007
- 85 percent of executives surveyed say environmental factors are important in their IT planning, but only 25 percent have written green criteria for their tech purchasing decisions – Forrester report Tapping Buyers’ Growing Interest in Green IT
- “There’s a high percentage of [green] awareness, but a low percentage of executives doing anything,” -- Chris Mines, Forrester analyst
- For every dollar spent on hardware in a data center, another 50 cents is spent on the energy to power the system. – IBM’s Mike Daniel, senior VP
- “Intel and Google claim that if the targeted 90 percent efficiency for power supplies is achieved, greenhouse gas emissions will fall by 54 tons by 2010 and energy costs by more than $5.5 billion.”
– Enterprise Systems Journal, June 26, 2007
- “Reduced power consumption is a critical element in virtually every server and PC processor design and product roadmap, and is helping to enable new classes of mobile computing devices”
– Charles King, a principal with consutancy Pund-IT
- “Climbing power and cooling costs have become key issues for companies trying to rein in data center expenses…Yet the power consumption continues to rise, due largely to the sheer number of servers being put into production, as well as technology that offers smaller form factors that run hot.” eWeek February 23rd, 2007
- Overall electricity used by servers doubled between 2000 and 2005 (from 12 billion kilowatt hours to 23 billion) due to a sharp increase in the number of servers installed in data centers and the necessary ancillary electrical equipment, such as cooling fans and facility lighting. -- A report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Stanford University scientist Jon Koomey
- “The cumulative energy cost for servers and data centers in the U.S. is approximately $3.3 billion annually, and studies have shown energy efficient servers can save up to 80 percent in electricity and cooling costs. The energy burden of these facilities will continue to grow rapidly, so it’s critical for government, industry and consumers to be able to identify the most efficient technology to meet their needs.” – Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif. (eWeek article 2/23/07)
- “Now is the time to start “greening your IT department, from cleaning up your data center to reducing overall emissions and improving your hardware recycling efforts.” – CIO Magazine, April, 2007
- “Profitability and environmental consciousness are increasingly going hand in hand. That means your organization’s future is more and more becoming dependent on how you address your environmental sustainability.” – CIO Magazine, April , 2007
- “Given that most data centers run 24/7, the companies that own them could end up paying millions of dollars this year just to keep their computers turned on.” – CIO Magazine, April , 2007
- “Enhancing energy efficiency is a subject dear to the hearts of IT vendors and customers alike.” – Charles King, principal with consultancy Pund-IT
- 37 percent of respondents have run out of space, power and cooling without sufficient notice over the last two years. – recent Aperture Research Institute report
- 38 percent said that the average server rack was using more power than ever before, from 7 to 18 kilowatts or more. – recent Aperture Research Institute report
- 18 percent didn’t know the power density of their data centers. – recent Aperture Research Institute report
- “The top priority at hand is data center efficiency,” -- Sabet Elias, CTO of Lehman Brothers, which last year boosted energy efficiency 25 percent and set a goal of 35 percent by next year
– InformationWeek 3/12/007
- “The CFO is getting the bills, and IT is the biggest user of energy.” -- Robert Rosen, CIO of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disorders. – InformationWeek 3/12/007
- “Energy consumption has gotten so huge -- U.S. data centers consume as much power in a year as is generated by five power plants – that policy makers are taking notice and considering more regulation.” – InformationWeek 3/12/007
- The U.N. estimates that 20 million to 50 million tons of computer gear and cell phones world wide are dumped into landfills each year, and it’s the fastest growing segment of waste, according to Greenpeace. – InformationWeek 3/12/007
- Data center servers, air conditioning, and networking equipment sucked up 1.2 percent of U.S. power in 2005. – A report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Stanford University scientist Jon Koomey – InformationWeek 3/12/007
- “At too many companies, power’s still on one budget and tech equipment on another, so IT pros don’t pay much attention to power consumption when buying gear.” – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Stanford University scientist Jon Koomey – InformationWeek 3/12/007
- “Virtualization is one of the most effective tools for more cost-effective, greener computing. “
– InformationWeek 3/12/007
- “For every kilowatt of energy consumed by a server, roughly another kilowatt is chewed up to cool it today.” – InformationWeek 3/12/007
- “Beginning this summer the EPA must report to Congress national estimates for energy consumption by data centers along with recommendations for reducing their energy consumption.”
– InformationWeek 3/12/007
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