•The global information
and communications technology
industry accounts for
approximately 2% of global CO2 emissions1
•Energy costs – typically around 10% of an IT budget—could account for 50% of the average IT budget in just a few years2
•“By 2010, about half of the Forbes Global 2000 companies will spend more on energy than on hardware”3
•There are currently over 1 billion PCs, projected to be 2.25 billion by 20154
•
1Source:
Gartner, May 2007
2Source: Mark, Roy, House Green Lights EPA Data Centers
Study, Internetnews.com (July
13, 2006)
3Source:
Source: Businessweek.com: CEO Guide To Green Computing. From Gartner
4Source:
Forrester Research
Servers,
including
cooling (23%)
Fixed-Line Telecoms (15%)
LAN &
Office Telecoms
(7%)