Much is being written lately about the havoc that regular data
centres play with the environment, using excessive amounts of
electricity… and the growing pressures of the internet loads are
only going to increase the carbon requrements of data centres.
It’s all well and good to feel green, and think green, unless it
impacts your ability to twitter and google away your day.
Companies such as ISPs or online retailers that use the data
centers could have the added benefit of being able to claim that
their web services are powered by clean power, which is a small
but growing interest for IT firms. Plans are afoot to
drastically reduce the dirtiness of data centres… - Google’s
going to go to the ocean for power and cooling. - In the past 5
months, TELUS has announced 2 new data centre builds - one in
Quebec and one in BC that take advantage of some serious GREEN
planning. Don’t feel alone in your efforts to make your company
greener. Leaders in other markets—from companies like Boeing and
Toyota to government agen