Turning Green IT into greenbacks

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Feb 21, 20081 min

With an upfront investment totaling $50,000 and three months implementation time, one Web host managed to save $1 million in power just this year.

The Planet’s VP of facilities called that “found money.”

“This story of sustainability doesn’t begin with aspirations of a cleaner, greener plant; rather, it’s firmly rooted in a practical business conundrum that many a datacenter admin no doubt faces,” Ted Samson explains in Cashing in on Green IT. “In addition to padding the company’s bottom line, the new energy savings means more growth potential for The Planet.”