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Apple among ‘Global Green 100’ for ‘corporate leadership in IT energy efficiency’

Written by: Dennis Sellers

Article Overview: Apple is among the corporations that made the Global Green 100 List by the Uptime Institute.

Apple among ‘Global Green 100’ for ‘corporate leadership in IT energy efficiency’

Evidently Greenpeace wouldn’t agree but the Uptime Institute has announced the corporations selected for its Global Green 100 list. And Apple is on the list.

The list highlights the significant energy efficiency achievements of global corporations operating major data centers. It includes “exemplary FORTUNE 500 and InformationWeek 500 organizations with a demonstrated board-level policy and governance commitment to increasing energy efficiency and reducing the carbon footprint of their enterprise IT and data center operations.”

According to the Uptime Institute, these corporations have the largest investment enterprise IT and have taken a highly visible leadership role in mandating dramatic improvements in energy efficiency and green-house gas reduction. The official naming of the Global Green 100 will occur during the April 15 Green Enterprise IT Awards ceremony at the 4th Annual Institute Research Symposium: Lean, Clean and Green in New York City, April 13-16.

The Uptime Institute— a research think-tank and advisor to owners and operators of the world’s largest enterprise data centers on the technical and business issues of computing reliability, sustainability and energy efficiency—conducts research that highlights the critical need for immediate improvements in corporate data center management and design.

“Only 1-2 percent of total energy consumed in a data center produces useful computing. The rest covers overheads and inefficiencies tied to technology choices, service level agreements and the way the IT is managed,” says Kenneth G. Brill, Executive Director of the Institute. “In an era of increasing energy scarcity and escalating costs, corporations cannot afford to ignore these losses. The companies included in the Global Green 100 have showed an exemplary commitment to improving their data center operations, not only reducing their carbon footprints, but also realizing significant financial savings.”

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