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From Lauraibm

Full story: Going Green in the Data centre (28-Sep-07)

Over the past four decades the data centre has been focused on extreme power, however the past year has seen topics such as global warming, renewable resources and carbon footprint come into play. As a result, many large companies have started a green data centre initiative, in terms of purchasing more efficient servers and also meeting regulatory compliance for recycling existing equipment.

Sun Microsystems have highlighted some immediate steps that can be taken to save energy, for example turning up the thermostat in the data centre, virtualisation and measuring the overall efficiency of power and cooling. Once the inefficiencies have been highlighted green technologies then need to be evaluated firstly for their economic benefit and then on an ecological basis.