Computer industry has preserved climate

About thirty of the world's largest high-tech corporations, including Intel, Dell, Microsoft, Google and IBM, announced the creation of a joint initiative of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative . As its name implies, the goal of the initiative is to combat climate change on our planet. What can computer corporations do? For example, this is what a Dell representative says .

1. About 90% of desktop computers never shut down. The main reason is that administrators are accustomed at night to update the system. If you equip these computers with a special energy-saving system, you can save 57 billion kWh of electricity per year, which corresponds to the power consumption of a country like Switzerland.

2. You can save energy in data centers due to improved design and cooling servers. For example, you can switch to processors with lower supply voltage, to hard disks 2.5 "instead of 3.5", with the result that the power consumption of data centers will decrease by a quarter.

Known for its environmental initiatives , Google believes that other measures can be taken. For example, develop more efficient power adapters for desktop PCs. In addition, Google offers to follow its example and switch to energy-efficient cars, install solar panels near the offices and feed employees in the corporate canteen with organic food collected from neighboring fields.