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TechWatch is pleased to announce the publication of its latest report, Low carbon computing: a view to 2050 and beyond. The report looks at short-term technology ‘quick fixes’ based on simple staff actions and/ or low cost investment as well as longer term solutions that either represent a more costly investment, or are based on more experimental technologies. It also presents a low carbon ICT roadmap – a first stage attempt at drawing together information about how technology is likely to develop and combining it with what is currently known about the targets associated with the Climate Change Act. Finally, the report goes on to speculate about the long-term future for HE/FE, observing that we may be entering an age when data-intensive institutions may need to become producers of electricity in order to supplement energy available from the national grid. It also recommends investigative work into the practical realities of a wholly DC- supplied data centre built near a source of renewable energy.
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