Datacenter energy-effiency enthusiasts, mark your calendars: The Green Grid consortium will hold its first annual general members' meeting and technical forum come Feb. 5 and 6 in San Francisco. Datacenter energy-effiency enthusiasts, mark your calendars: The Green Grid consortium will hold its first annual general members’ meeting and technical forum come Feb. 5 and 6 in San Francisco.The Green Grid, of course, is a consortium of companies — such as HP, IBM, Cisco, and Microsoft — as well as individuals seeking to lower overall power consumption in datacenters.The technical forum will give attendees an opportunity to learn about “The Green Grid’s Datacenter Metrics, current and emerging techniques for managing datacenters for efficiency and future technical deliverables from the organization,” according to the group’s announcement. The group says it will also host discussions with leading industry policy-makers from around the world. This will be the group’s first technical forum. The Green Grid held a technical summit last April, though, which proved helpful for developing its roadmap and other deliverables.Green Grid members have first priority to attend the forum. Membership starts at $5,000. For more information or to register, go to www.thegreengrid.org/events/technical_forum.Ted Samson is a senior analyst at InfoWorld and author of the Sustainable IT blog. Subscribe to his free weekly Green Tech newsletter. Technology Industry