Renewable Electricity Use by the U.S. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Industry

[摘要] The information and communication technology (ICT) sector continues to witness rapid growth and uptake of ICT equipment and services at both the national and global levels. The electricity consumption associated with this expansion is substantial, although recent adoptions of cloudcomputing services, co-location data centers, and other less energy-intensive equipment and operations have likely reduced the rate of growth in this sector. This paper is intended to aggregate existing ICT industry data and research to provide an initial look at electricity use, current and future renewable electricity acquisition, as well as serve as a benchmark for future growth and trends in ICT industry renewable electricity consumption.

[发布日期] 2015-07-20

[学科分类] 电力

[关键词] information and communication technology;renewable electricity;social responsibility;Microsoft;Intel;Google;Apple;Facebook;eBay;Dell;Cisco;Autodesk