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I just got back from a conference on “Green IT,” with a primary focus on the ways in which server consolidation and virtualization can reduce power consumption in our industry. When I say “our industry,” I’m referring to information technology in general, though, and not ed tech.

In the business world, data centers and server rooms consume extraordinary amounts of power. In fact, the cost of running servers over their lifecycle is now exceeding their acquisition costs. Data center power consumption is a huge cost center for large organizations, but what about the average school district? How many servers are you running? Two, three, ten?

Green IT remains a concept that can deliver real benefits in terms of finance and in operations, getting it right for your business might not represent significant changes or investment. Even simple things like switching off the screensaver, powering down the pc or using more energy efficient computers can deliver instant and effective results. It would be great to see how we could use virtualization and combine it with a green IT project to not only deliver the functionality, the IT service but do so in an environmentally and cost efficient way to highlight the possibilities.

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