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SAVING ENERGY IN ONLINE ACTIVITIES
Servers at Expedient data center in Garfield Heights, near Cleveland, Ohio (Photo by Julie Grant)
One industry that’s not suffering in the economic downturn is information technology. The demand for IT keeps growing. But that worries some people. Our growing number of internet searches and data storage is using a lot of energy. Julie Grant reports on how some companies are making their IT more environmentally friendly – and saving money in the process:
Environmental Impact of Google Searches
Producer: Julie Grant
Release Date: February 16, 2009
Running Time: 3:13