[p2p-research] CO2 emissions from US datacenters greater than all CO2 emissions from Netherlands or Argentina

[Michel Bauwens]

Subject: [BSA] CO2 emissions from US datacenters greater than all CO2
emissions from Netherlands or Argentina



[Here is a great article on the dramatic growth of energy consumption
and concomitant CO2 emissions from US data centers. Amazingly the CO2
emissions from US data centers now exceeds the aggregate of all CO2
emissions from Netherlands or Argentina – and still growing
dramatically. While I agree with the author that data center manager
should set up a carbon management consortium, the easiest and most
cost effective solution to reducing carbon foot print is to locate
data centers where there is renewable energy. It is a national
disgrace that NCAR and NSA are building their new data centers in
Wyoming and Utah respectively, which will be powered solely by coal
generated electrify. Moving these facilities a few hundred kilometers
west to Idaho will do more to reduce CO2 emissions than all he
combined energy efficiency strategies possible. Data center managers
also have to learn about developing carbon offset protocols such as
ISO 14064. Companies like ClimateCheck (www.climate-check.com) and
Canadian Standards Association (www.csa.ca) are developing standards
for data centers, clouds and ICT so that they can earn revenue if they
reduce their carbon footprint – BSA]

http://www.hpcwire.com/features/The-Coming-C-Change-in-Datacenters-96420844.html

The Coming 'C' Change in Datacenters

by Edward J. Lucente, Vice President of Business Development, Data
Center Rebates, Inc.

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