Far from being green, IT equipment such as desktop PC and servers running in data centres, are contributing to global warming. They are putting massive demands on the electricity grid. Worldwide, the cost of electricity is going up, and while some businesses may have the option to relocate their datacentres to areas where there is a cheap and abundant electricity supply, many more will not have that option.

Listen to Cliff Saran’s interview with Andrew Fanara, a leading member in the product specifications development team at the US Environmental Protection Agency, on the need for data centre operators, IT directors and CIOs to plan to do tackle green IT issues that are most cost-effective to deliver savings to the business.