Det har kommit lite siffror på vad effekten av att vi viritualiserar våra servrar kommer bli på miljön;
"Another interesting fact to come out of the research is the anticipated impact server consolidation and virtualization will have on the overall environment. The study showed that the average-sized server has the same carbon footprint as a mid-sized four-wheel drive vehicle consuming 17 liters of fuel in order to travel 100 km. "Therefore, over the next five years or so, a reduction of somewhere in the region of 5 million servers will have the same environmental impact as taking 5 million four-wheel drives off the road,"
www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3704296
Helt fantastiskt vilken miljövän man kan bli :)