New ‘Cap & Trade’ Law Spells Work for IT

Are you deciding where to build a new data center, or how many new cooling units to add to it? If so, you have typical IT decision-making ahead — weighing all the costs and benefits, considering corporate goals, making recommendations, and so forth.

However, pending legislation on Capitol Hill called the Waxman-Markey bill could add something else to your decision making: scrutiny of the “caps” on carbon emissions and the market to “trade” carbon allowances.

Check out the whole article at Internet Evolution