EU & USA sign agreement on energy efficiency for PCs and IT kit :: PublicTechnology.net :: e-Government & public sector IT news + job vacancies:

“The Agreement features innovative and demanding energy efficiency criteria for computers, copiers, printers and computer monitors, and is expected to yield 30 TWh electricity savings the approximate equivalent of the electricity demand in Hungary – in the EU over the next three years.”

Very interesting, the recognition for more efficient use of power is ever more important whether its because of the new carbon trading, the corporate and social responsibility or through good business sense.  It will be interesting to see if there’s a firm out there that is looking at a more efficient way of powering your datacenter. In the meantime, tools like vmware which allow me to virtualize, to make my single DL580 rackmount host four or even twelve servers with one physical box will allow me to make savings in space, power and cooling..

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