It seems that recent massive increases in energy costs will soon have a positive impact on how energy efficiency gurus interact with IT people and corporate decision makers and government agencies. Here's an excerpt from an article on ITworld.com discussing a recent energy efficiency gathering of folks from academia, government & business:
If one message stood out among the others at this week's Green Computing Summit in Washington, DC, it was that going green is no longer just good for the bottom line; it's absolutely necessary. And it's not just the tree huggers who are saying so. Prominent business executives and top ranking federal officials are leading a green revolution that promises to radically change computer technology and the way it is managed.
It may well have been skyrocketing energy prices that first got industry worried about its bottom lines and federal agencies grappling wit their budgets, but concern for the escalating climate crisis was hardly an afterthought. What started as a realization that going green was the easiest way to save money has evolved into a series of federal initiatives jointly aimed at reducing energy consumption and cutting CO2 emissions.
Given industry projections of computer growth, dramatic increases in online data storage and additional floor space that could be required by expanding data centers along with the resultant power and cooling upgrades, energy issues will clearly move from problem to crisis if efforts to bring energy consumption under control are not successful.
Link to the article here: http://www.itworld.com/Tech
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