Demetre Valindras May 2011 Facts about IT and Energy What can we do? May 2011 2 Role of the Datacenter 3 Source: UNEP May 2011 Global ICT carbon emissions estimated at 2% -2.5% of world totals about the same as the airline industry as high as 5-6% of developed nation totals Datacenters produce as much as 0.3% of CO 2 emissions ICT carbon footprint will triple during 2002 - 2020.