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Green ICT & Energy
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Green ICT & Energy

by Jaco H. Appelman, Anwar Osseyran, Martijn Warnier
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
172 pages
8h
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Green ICT & Energy
CHAPTER 3
Green IT current developments—A strategic view
on ICT changing the global warming trend
Anwar Osseyran
The rapid growth of carbon emissions is alarming and ICT is playing an important role in changing
this trend. On the other hand, ICT usage is growing exponentially and the carbon footprint of the
ICT sectoritself has already surpassed in2008 that of the aviationindustry. Thischapter, on current
developments in Green IT, deals with greening the ICT sector itself, as with deployment of ICT
to green other sectors. Greening IT requires greening the datacenter where most of the energy is
being consumed. Virtualization and proliferation of cloud ...
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ISBN: 9780415620963