January 2024. Sustainable IT (Information Technology), also called Green IT, includes the development, manufacturing, utilization, management, and disposal of Information Technology in ways that are resource-efficient and environmentally responsible. Sustainable IT benefits: (1) Cost savings: energy, water, resources, materials, and waste management (2) Enterprise social image enhancement: many customers prefer to buy from businesses with sustainable practices (3) Positive environmental impact: less emissions and waste generation maximized by the use of clean renewable energy sources. Sustainable IT challenges: (1) High initial costs (2) Lack of green software (3) Lack of coding standards (4) Lack of implementation experience (5) Difficulty in identifying optimum sustainable practices (6) High energy use and emissions during development. Sustainable IT implementation steps using Artificial intelligence (AI): (1) Reduce emissions and water consumption (2) Improve energy efficiency (3) Monitor compliance (4) Benchmark sustainability efforts (5) Improve social impact and data governance. A green data center is an enterprise-class data center that is entirely designed, run, and operated using green technologies to maximize energy efficiency and minimize the carbon footprint. Examples of green technologies include software optimization, artificial intelligence, multi-site resilience, liquid cooling, renewable energy, waste heat utilization, idle time minimization, smart grids, and efficient lighting. Policy wise, in September 2023, the SDG Digital Summit was launched with the aim of scaling digital SDG solutions through high impact initiatives. The SDG Digital Acceleration Agenda is a collaboration between the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) that highlights the importance of digital technologies in achieving 70% of the 169 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this slideshow, you will learn about the definition, benefits, challenges, green data center, green technologies, UN policy, global statistics, and market value of the sustainable IT industry. For more slideshows on environmental sustainability, please visit s2adesign.com

1. SUSTAINABLE
IT INDUSTRY
Dr. Salem Baidas

2. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY SLIDESHOWS
FROM s2adesign.com
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3. AGENDA
DEFINITION
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BENEFITS
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CHALLENGES
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UN POLICY
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INFOGRAPHICS
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5. Sustainable it
Also Known as Green IT, Includes the
Development, Manufacturing, Utilization
Management, and Disposal of Information
Technology in Ways that are Resource-
Efficient and Environmentally Responsible.

6. SUSTAINABLE information technology
ECONOMY
Cost Savings: Energy, Water,
Resources, Materials, and Waste
Management.
SOCIAL
Enterprise Social Image
Enhancement: Many Customers
Prefer to Buy from Businesses
with Sustainable Practices.
ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Impact: Less
Emissions and Waste Generation
Maximized by Renewables Use.
benefits
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7. SUSTAINABLE information technology
Challenges
HIGH initialcost
High energy use &
emissionsduring
development
lack of green software
LACK of experience IN
implementinginitiatives
Difficultyin Identifying
OPTIMUM SUST practices
LACK OF CODING
STANDARDS
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8. SUSTAINABLE information technology
Improve energyefficiency
Monitor compliance
reducewater consumption
Benchmark sust efforts
Improve social impact
Improve DATA governance
risk MANAGEMENT
Reduceemissions
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9. Green data center
An Enterprise-Class Data Center that is
Entirely Designed, Run, and Operated
Using Green Technologies to Maximize
the Energy Efficiency and Minimize the
Carbon Footprint Including Emissions.

10. SOFTWARE OPTIMIZATION ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE MULTI-SITE RESILIENCE
LIQUIDCOOLING Renewableenergy Waste heat utilization
IDLETIME MINIMIZATION SMART GRIDS Efficientlighting
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Green data centers
Technologiesto improveefficiency

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The SDG Digital Summit, Launched in
September 2023, Focused on Scaling
Digital SDG Solutions through High
Impact Initiatives. The SDG Digital
Acceleration Agenda is a Collaboration
between ITU and UNDP that Highlights
the Importance of Digital Technologies
in Achieving 70% of the 169 SDGs.
SDG-DIGITAL.ORG
Int’l Telecommunication Union
SDG Digital Acceleration

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24
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Data Centers
Networks
Smartphones
Desktops
Displays
Notebooks
GLOBALELECTRONICSCOUNCIL.ORG
ICT INDUSTRY GHG EMISSIONSWORLDWIDE IN 2020
By Segment (Percent)

15. Share of Responders(Percent)
63
59
48
46
35
ESG Initiatives
Supply Disruption
Customer Decision
Energy Costs
Regulations
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GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY DRIVERS IN IT IN 2023

16. 45
66
59
56
56
45
40
38
38
37
31
30
30
Overall
Germany
U.S.
UK
Australia
Sweden
China
France
Italy
Netherlands
Singapore
India
Spain
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Percent (2020)
Sustainable it AS A KEY CONSIDERATION IN DATA GOVERNANCE

17. 18
24
23
20
19
17
17
16
14
10
Overall
Insurance
Banking
Telecom
Retail
Energy
Manufacturing
Automotive
Healthcare
Public Sector
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ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE IT WORLDWIDE
Percent (2021)

18. 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
14 17
20
24
29
35
42
50
62
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5X
GROWTH
GREEN TECH global MARKET VALUE & outlook
billion dollars

19. 6X
GROWTH
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
34 39
50 54 64
77
93
111
132
157
188
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GREEN DATA CENTERS global MARKET VALUE & outlook
billion dollars

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