CANARIE funds four green IT research projects

Canada's Advanced Research Network, CANARIE, has announced $2.4 million in funding for four green IT projects aimed at reducing ICT's carbon footprint and measuring the impact of ICT and cyberinfrastructure on university electric consumption. CANARIE's biggest funding recipient is the GreenStar Network, an alliance of Canada's leading IT companies, universities and international partners, led by Quebec's École de technologie supérieure in Montreal. CANARIE has given the GreenStar Network $2 million to develop the world's first internet network, where the network nodes will be powered entirely by wind and solar energy, yet providing the same reliability as the current Internet network. The other funding recipients are: A joint project between McGill University (CLUMEQ) and University of California, San Diego (SDSC Centre) to design an ultra-efficient data centre for high-performance computing applications. Funding: $163,000 International Institute for Sustainable Development, based in Winnipeg, will conduct a study to assess the business case, and carbon-offset potential, for Canadian universities to use CANARIE's ultra high-speed network to run IT operations from remote, zero-carbon data centre facilities. Funding: $100,000 University of British Columbia's Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation at Sauder School of Business will develop a business case for how carbon offsets can be used to finance data centre relocations and how universities could implement this opportunity. Funding: $119,000

CANARIE funds four green IT research projects

Brief | November 18, 2009

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