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Data centres and outsourced storage facilities are better for the environment than many people think, it has been claimed.
According to Quocirca's Bob Tarzey, although data centres are getting larger and more power hungry they are not necessarily a threat to the environment and a contributor to climate change.
Writing for Silicon.com, Mr Tarzey claimed that using co-location can mitigate the detrimental effects of in-house server cabinets and server racks filled with older, less efficient network equipment.
"If the computer equipment from within a single co-location facility was disaggregated back into many small inefficient datacentres, the total power use would be far greater," he said.
"And if you factor in the impact IT can have on making working practices more efficient and reducing the need for business travel, it is even harder to make the environmental charge against co-location providers stick," Mr Tarzey added.
At its Data Centre Efficiency Summit, held earlier this year, Google gave the IT sector hints and tips on improving the efficiency of their data centres.
Last Updated: 09/09/2009 14:00
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