Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-4 October 2013

Reducing the energy footprint and cost

of computing .. the next steps
Dr Tariq Marikar,
Senior General Manager, Internet
Data Centers, Dialog Axiata PLC
tariq.marikar@dialog.lk
ITU Workshop on
Greening the Future: Bridging the Standardization
Gap on Environmental Sustainability

(Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3-4 October 2013)
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The trend so far
2.8 million % is how much more energy efficient
computing technology (in terms of watt consumed
per calculation/second) is since 1976. Compared to
the 40 % gain in overall miles per gallon (mpg)
efficiency for the U.S. automobile fleet over the
same period of time
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy