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NEW YORK, NY-IBM announced on May 10th that it would redirect $1 billion per year across its businesses, mobilizing the company's resources to dramatically increase the level of energy efficiency in IT. The plan includes new products and services for IBM and its clients to sharply reduce data center energy consumption, transforming the world's business and public technology infrastructures into "green" data centers. The savings are substantial - for an average 25,000 square foot data center, clients should be able to achieve 42% energy savings.
"The data center energy crisis is inhibiting our clients' business growth as they seek to access computing power," said Mike Daniels, senior vice president, IBM Global Technology Services.
IBM currently runs the world's largest commercial technology infrastructure, with more than eight million square feet of data centers in six continents. By using the same energy-efficiency initiatives it is offering clients today, IBM expects to double the computing capacity of its data centers within the next three years without increasing power...