The Net’s Going Green: Multipronged Approach Might Save Costs, Energy — and the Climate
Goth, G.
This paper appears in: Internet Computing, IEEE
Publication Date: Jan.-Feb. 2008
Volume: 12,
Issue: 1
On page(s): 7-9
ISSN: 1089-7801
INSPEC Accession Number: 9743426
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/MIC.2008.22
Current Version Published: 2008-01-14
Abstract
This article deals with effort to reduce the Internet's energy usage. The Energy Efficient Internet Project explores the best ways to reduce energy use at the network's edge. The computer industry's most powerful companies are beginning a massive push to make the entire Internet efficient, from the backbone to the BlackBerry. Some of the work, such as the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (www.climatesaverscomputing.org) and the Green Grid (www.thegreen grid.org), are still in their infancy, having been recently formed. However, each is extremely earnest about accomplishing the task of squeezing the most efficiency possible out of its selected piece of the network puzzle. The next step is to define the technical and cultural best practices and communications channels.
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