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“ NATURALLY IT”Richa SinghNature has given summons and it isdemanding attention. Energy crisis around theworld is craving for some sombre thought.Development is what we are looking at butdevelopment at the cost of nature is what willcastigate the society. But the question likely toarise is how can IT, potentially be harmfulwhen the physical elements associated with itare so low. The software that lacks a physicalform or the cloud of internet used forcomputing, can possibly cause any visible harmor posses any kind of threat??The answer exists in re‐examining the ITenvironment once again. The exigency forenergy is rising and so are the prices. If thetrend continues business will face a futurechallenge of economic sustainability.Manufacturing sectors have always been themajor nucleus of energy consumption but IT ismuddling through pretty fast. Be it themaintenance of data centers or distributedarchitecture, all has come up by paying heavycosts in terms of energy consumption. Readthe given fact and you will understand theconcept better.“A typical 10,000‐square‐foot data centreconsumes more electricity than 8,000 60‐wattlight bulbs. That represents six to 10 times thepower needed to operate a typical officebuilding at peak demand, according toscientists at Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory. Given that most data centres run24x7x365 , the companies that own themcould end up paying millions of dollars thisyear just to keep their computers turnedon.”2 Forrester Research estimates that datacentres require 0.5 to 1 watt of coolingpower for each watt of server power used,and that a typical x86 server consumesbetween 30% and 40% of its maximumpower when idle”. [1][2]As published in IBM Global TechnologyServices January 2007 ‘Green IT’ – the nextburning issue for business. To continue the listI must mention E‐WASTE disposal as yetanother apprehension. The fact that E‐WASTES are non biodegradable is itselfenough to agitate the ecological cycle of thenature. Equipments like computers, cameras,power tools, watches, calculators are not onlynon biodegradable but also have toxicsubstances in them. The most common31