HP has opened a data-center Wynyard, United Kingdom. A so-called Green data-center, it is a retrofit of an overhauled distribution center. This is a great example of how energy efficiency works within basic business balance sheet environments: it can cut costs both through improvement of energy efficiency by utilizing existing infrastructure and by lowering operational costs for new capacity as it comes on line. Not mention the very meaningful signal of corporate responsibility that it sends.
And in general we at Fund-Balance want to see the net costs of our blogging both for the earth as well as on our bottom-line lower and more sustainable.