Green cars, green buildings, green living, and, now green computing.
No, not a really sweet looking green colored macBook, but a way of
living that is moving into the computing industry.
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Research centers, particulary ones with large computer
installations, are the greatest producers of CO2 and the greatest
consumers of power on a university's campus, according to St. Arnaud.
To spur the reduction of CO2, many universities across Canada are
moving their data centers into zero-carbon facilities, which are
powered by renewable energy and use high-speed networking to relay data
and applications back to users.
"Through distributed computing and virtualization, by putting
servers and computer facilities in remote locations and zero-carbon
facilities, universities can use the optical network to access servers
and still lower CO2 output," according to St. Arnaud.
"Our industry can be the most important tool to reduce carbon
consumption," he said. "IT and networking can provide leadership to
reduce power consumption and carbon emissions."
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