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

Miller, John¹  Bird, Lori¹  Heeter, Jenny¹  Gorham, Bethany¹ 

[1] National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

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

DOI  :  10.2172/1215195
RP-ID  :  NREL/TP--6A20-64011
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1215195

学科分类：电力

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 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.