Green software ever a possibility?
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There has been some serious concerns regarding how much power software uses, obviously the software itself does not use power, but how the software affects the smooth running of the machine is important, especially when a machine is on 24/7/365, like those in data centres for example.
Data centres have been flagged before about how much power they use and as more come on line, use more powerful equipment, so the power usage increases too. Yet companies like eBay and Google are ever expanding their real world presence, this means larger buildings and more computers.
It makes no difference how the energy is produced, the power usage increases year by year, and this is of serious concern to many people. However could software hold the key to reducing the power used by these companies? Yes it can and there is work in the pipeline that could produce a greener software that helps the machines that run it, it should therefore reduce the power used by computers and in particular the huge data centres that will just keep growing and popping up everywhere and anywhere that they are going to be needed.
It has been said that the green software dream is just that a dream and not a reality, we shall have to wait and see what is just around the corner.
Source [Reg Developer]
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