Greener Idealhas listed its (somewhat off-the-cuff) "top 3 benefits of using a green data center."
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According to the independent environmental technology news site, the top 3 benefits are as follows:
1. Turning off unused or dead servers.
2. Virtualization.
3. Delaying capital expenditures.
Read the full list, with explanations, here.
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