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Tom DeFanti Calit2@UC San Diego Project GreenLight
Among today's most important issues is the climate impact of the ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) industry, with a carbon footprint and energy consumption equal to the famously problematic airline industry. Not only do the processing, switching, and routing technologies consume vast amounts of power, but the cooling required to keep such equipment running consumes even more, and these demands are slated to increase as the technology performs at a higher and higher level. Addressing these concerns is Calit2's Project GreenLight, funded by the National Science Foundation under the supervision of Principal Investigator Tom DeFanti. Project GreenLight was initiated to discover creative ways to ensure that the next generation of data centers support a sustainable lifestyle and that the research sectors that use them are aware of the issues surrounding carbon-thrifty computing. Not only is the hardware and software itself studied to determine how best they can be optimized, but the equally crucial factors of cooling and structural engineering are also studied in depth along with applications from a myriad of data-intensive disciplines.