green power is a hot subject at the moment. I don't understand why it is hot right now, because in my opinion it should have been hot years ago. But apparently it is now. The consequences hereof are interesting though, because the hardware manufacturers are suddenly designing different hardware, all looking eagerly at the most efficient processors and mainboards, in order to get the most orders from the bigger companies amongst us that have decided their datacenters have to be green.
This also results in programmers looking closer at their code – maybe a different way of programming could lead to less power consumption ?
SearchEnterpriseLinux.com ran an article on AMD, Novell and power management, and how the overall Linux community has warmed to the idea of "Green Linux."(Enterprise Linux Log
This is an interesting development. Will the race between MS and Linux now be about power consumption ? Or will this be a serious attempt to lower power consumption ? Only time can tell, I'm afraid.
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If you take a look at Google, they are an energy hog, but they understand their impact and how energy is becomming a limited resouce so they have started to invest in renewable energy AND converted their corporate campus to use solar panels. I feel more datacenters as the cost of energy raises and the awareness of green energy becomes more mainstream will start to use solar, wind or fuel cell power to generate energy.
-Deep Patel
http://www.gogreensolar.com