By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Tue, 2007-06-12 07:30
IBM aims at 42% energy savings in data centres
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a well-recognised concept in industrial buying centres. The TCO often reveals that the energy consumption cost over the lifetime of an appliance is of the same order of magnitude as its purchasing price. Even private citizens purchasing consumer goods are becoming more fully aware that it can be worth paying more for a piece of equipment if the extra cost is recovered by energy savings. Energy consumption has become a decisive argument when buying appliances, lighting equipment or a new car, among other things, but how many buyers consider energy efficiency when purchasing a computer?
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