Green Options » Rackable Systems http://greenoptions.com/tag/rackable-systems Posts tagged 'Rackable Systems' Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:06:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Internet and E-Commerce Businesses Are A Long Way Off From Reducing Their Carbon Footprint http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/02/11/internet-and-e-commerce-businesses-are-a-long-way-off-from-reducing-their-carbon-footprint/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/02/11/internet-and-e-commerce-businesses-are-a-long-way-off-from-reducing-their-carbon-footprint/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:06:17 +0000 Reenita Malhotra http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/02/11/internet-and-e-commerce-businesses-are-a-long-way-off-from-reducing-their-carbon-footprint/

Are you like millions of others who assume that an online business, just by virtue of being online, translates to having a lower carbon footprint?  If so, then you are in for a shock. Although this is a fairly common assumption, the truth is that internet powered businesses often have a higher energy consumption requirements than offline businesses and so might have a long way to go before they can become green.

And the situation looks like it could get worse over the next few years. Get this….

  • According to the EPA, over the next five years, power failures and limits on availability will stop operations at more than 90% of data centers
  • Gartner predicts that early 50% of data centers worldwide will have trouble finding the electricity they need to cool and power their computing equipment
  • 97% of respondents in a new survey conducted by the Business Performance Management Forum (BPM) said that it was important for internet and e-commerce businesses to reduce their carbon footprint.

But despite this, very little action is being taken by online businesses to reduce energy consumption.

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