Going Green Could Save Government $1 Billion In Five Years, Say

The federal government could save U.S. tax payers more than $1 billion in energy costs over the next five years by deploying green technologies in data centers and using more energy efficient PCs, says two new studies released Tuesday.
The reports, which include one focused on data centers and the other on PCs and related gear, were underwritten by Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HP) and Intel (NSDQ: INTC).

The data center study, Go Green Power Play, estimates the federal government could save potentially about $192 million annually -- or nearly $960 million over five years -- by deploying "green" technologies, such as virtualization software, server consolidation and dynamic "smart" cooling.

Over ten years, those data center savings potentially could reach about $1.9 billion.

HP and Intel estimate that it currently costs nearly $480 million annually to power federal data centers. Federal data centers currently consume about 1.1 billion kWh of energy per year, says the study. With "greener" data centers, over five years the savings of 9.5 billion kilowatt hours (kWhs) in energy consumption would be equivalent to removing 1.4 million cars from the road.

The second report, Go Green PC Power, estimates the U.S. federal government can potentially save another $82.4 million annually -- or nearly $330 million over four years -- by using more energy efficient PCs。The annual savings by the feds using more energy efficient PCs would be equivalent to conserving 1.3 billion barrels of oil. Over four years, the report estimates the cost savings would be equivalent 28,537 Americans with Social Security benefits for a year, or more than 989 million meals "to the hungry."

报告：绿色IT五年内将给美国政府节省10亿美元

当地时间本周二公布的数据显示，通过在数据中心采用绿色技术以及更加高效的PC，美国政府将在未来五年内节省10亿美元。绿色IT的一个重要理念就是节省IT的能源消耗，尤其是服务器和数据库中心的电力消耗。

       报告中预计，采用绿色技术比如虚拟软件、服务器集中化(server consolidation)、动态智能制冷等，数据中心每年将节省大约1.92亿美元，五年内约为9.6亿。十年期间，那些数据中心潜在地节省费用能到达大约$1.9十亿。

       报告是由惠普和Intel发布的。二者预计，联邦数据中心每年消耗11亿千万时，花费近4.8亿美元。而采用绿色数据中心，未来五年内节省的95亿千瓦时能耗，相当于从路面上移走1400万辆汽车。