London Olympics to use green IT

Greenbang’s old mate Andy McCue got this one on green IT for the olympics.

BusinessWeek republished silicon.com‘s piece:

“Organisers have also set out to make London 2012 the most environmentally friendly Olympic Games ever, and with around 10,000 PCs, two data centres and 1,000 servers in play IT is set to have a key role in achieving that goal.

Rob Price, account director for London 2012 at the Olympics main IT supplier Atos Origin, said: “It is something we have to respond to. It can’t be just a phrase. Data centres are huge users of energy – it’s a big opportunity to embrace the principles of 2012.”