Feb
11
2010
Green Touch Initiative aim to reduce energy consumption in worldwide ICT networks by a factor of 1000.
By paulgreen
Bell Labs, the research arm of network infrastructure firm Alcatel Lucent, has announced a new initiative aimed at reducing the carbon emissions of the world’s communications infrastructure, including the internet, by 1,000-fold.
The project, entitled Green Touch, aims to bring together research bodies, government departments, and other network providers to help reduce the carbon emission levels of the IT industry from its current level of 300 million tonnes per year, said the firm.
Find out more: http://www.greentouch.org/
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