Green IT is going to become a bigger and bigger need in years to come. With America's focus turning to being more efficient and energy/cost saving, going green is going to become extremely important in IT due to the amount of time and resources we put in to that field. There are many ways to address this problem. Designing energy efficient chips and disk drives, replacing PC's with thinner laptops, running multiple programs on a single server, reducing energy consumption in data centers, using renewable energy, reducing electronic waste from obsolete equipment, and promoting telecommuting to reduce transportation costs are all different ways to go green. With limited resources and rising IT costs it will be extremely important in engage these opportunities for improvement and advancement in coming years.
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