Going Green in the Data Center

Between growing demand for hybrid vehicles and the barrage of bad news about global warming, it should come as no surprise that saving energy is shaping up to be an imperative that CIOs cannot ignore either. These days, shareholders and board members are putting pressure on their companies to go green. Many CIOs are looking at data centers as potential areas where energy costs can be shaved to boost the bottom line, in order to comply with greener mandates. Analysts at IDC estimate that companies spent $26.1 billion to power and cool servers worldwide in 2005. In fact, data centers account for between 1.5 and 3 percent of all electricity consumed in the United States.

For more on going green in the data center:
- see this article in DailyTechRag

To learn how the CIO of VistaPrint is cutting hosting costs:
- see this article in CIO Magazine