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Cloud to slash data center energy costs by 38 percent in 2010

December 6, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 3 Comments

A new forecast from Pike Research points not only to the accelerated growth of cloud services, but also huge energy savings in the coming decade. According to the research firm’s “Cloud Computing Energy Efficiency” report, cloud computing is projected to cut worldwide data center energy costs by 38 percent, from $23.3 billion in 2010 to […]

Filed Under: Cloud Computing, Data Center, Green IT, Stats & Figures Tagged With: carbon emissions, cloud, Cloud Computing, Data Center, emissions, forecast, green data center, greenhouse gas, Pike Research

Gartner: In 2012, Manufacturing Responsible for Most of a PC's GHG Emissions

January 25, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

According to Gartner, by 2012, PCs will be so energy efficient that 60 percent of the greenhouse gasses attributed to them will have been generated before it’s ever turned on. From eWeek: Regarding environmental breakthroughs, by 2012, Gartner expects that…

Filed Under: Stats & Figures Tagged With: carbon emissions, emissions, Gartner, GHG, PC

McAfee Assesses Spam's Environmental Damage

April 15, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Spam. We all hate it for obvious reasons, but here’s a new one that really draws an eco-geek’s ire. According to research conducted by McAfee and ICF, every year 33 terawatt hours (TWh) are wasted transmitting, smiting and otherwise dealing…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures Tagged With: carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, CO2, CO2 emissions, e-mail, emissions, GHG, greenhouse gas, McAfee, McColo, security, software, spam, terawatt

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