IT delivers ten-fold energy savings for rest of the economy

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Despite concerns over an IT energy crisis, new research suggests that IT systems are delivering an economy wide improvement in energy efficiency

For every extra kilowatt per hour of electricity used by ICT equipment, the US economy increased overall energy savings by a factor of around 10. That is the headline-grabbing conclusion of research...

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