Google, Intel to go green
Thursday, June 14th, 2007BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhuanet) — Google, Intel and a number of other IT manufacturers came together to launch a project to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emission by reducing power consumption from computers in the adoption of energy-efficient computers, components and power management tools, according to media reports Wednesday.
The goal of the initiative, which currently includes Dell, EDS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, Pacific Gas & Electric, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and more than 25 other organizations, is to cut the power consumption of computers by 50 percent by 2010.
The plan would save an estimated 5.5 billion U.S. dollars in energy costs and would, its proponents say, increase the cost of a computer by only about 30 dollars per unit. Reduced running costs would pay for the extra outlay within a couple of years.