CIOs don't give a fuge about energy efficiency

CIOs don't give a fuge about energy efficiency

Everyone wants to talk about the environment, but no-one actually does anything. Won't somebody please think about the children, asks IBM?

Saving planet not my job

Selfish CIOs need reminding that the world doesn't revolve around them

An IBM report shows that energy efficiency is not a priority for CIOs and their minions in the IT department.

Over a third of IT executives don’t monitor their IT-related energy spending, says a report that IBM wants you to be shocked about. A further 9 percent don’t know if they do or not, the report found.

Everyone knows about the environment, but nobody actually has a clue what to do, researchers seemed to day. Apart from the few that have a cohesive strategy, most CIOs either don’t know or don’t care enough about the planet to actually do anything to help the situation.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notes that servers and data centres in the US accounted for 1.5 per cent of the country's total electricity consumption in 2006—more than double that consumed in 2000, and accounting for some US$4.5bn worth of electricity.

"Although concerns about energy efficiency and global warming are now high on the political agenda, the spotlight has not yet been turned onto the IT function," said James Watson, the report's editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Richard Lanyon-Hogg, IBM Chief Technical Officer - Green Services, added: "CIOs need to look at their own organisations to ensure their IT systems and services are as energy efficient as possible."

Don't fuel around with my IT

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