Abstract
Abstract: Nowadays, ICT sector activities and in particular Data Centers are known as an important environmental hazard. With the increasing popularity of the Internet and cloud computing, this threat seems to even get worse in the near future. Despite this increasing importance, there is still little have been done about data centers environmental affects and in particular measuring their green compliance level including all three Rs of waste management (Reuse, Reuse and Recycle). This paper tries to introduce a dashboard for evaluating data centers level of green compliance regardless of their tier. However, the dashboard is proposed based on Malaysias data centers condition, it still can be beneficial to data center managers in other parts of the world and researchers to open up new research possibilities.
Highlights
In the urging concern towards environmental sustainability, ICT sector plays an important role
In 2010, CO2 emissions from U.S data centers alone were greater than the whole CO2 emissions from Netherlands or Argentina (Lucente, 2010)
Once the data are obtained from the data center, all the data used in the color-coding dashboard should be inserted by using keyboard
Summary
In the urging concern towards environmental sustainability, ICT sector plays an important role. In 2010, CO2 emissions from U.S data centers alone were greater than the whole CO2 emissions from Netherlands or Argentina (Lucente, 2010). In 2004, about 100 million computers were disposed as e-waste, which contained highly toxic materials like mercury (Hilty, 2005). A typical data center’s power consumption can reach 3000 times that of a three-bedroom house (Daim et al, 2009). The number of data centers is forecasted to rise rapidly in the following years due to increasing dependence of industries on IT facilities, rapid growth of the Internet, and the increasing importance of Cloud Computing. 1) Increasing dependence of Industries on IT: In the world today, managing huge amount of data has become one of the most important aspects in any industry. From online banking E-businesses to government procurement, businesses are looking for outsourcing their data
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