Meet Green Touch, the green IT initiative

Green Touch has just been launched by a consortium of IT research institutions determined to "achieve a 1000-fold improvement in the future energy consumption of the Internet and other networks that support communications, commerce and entertainment."

That's right -- a system that's one thousand times more efficient than the current one. It's an ambitious goal, but not unachievable, according to Green Touch members who say, "Bell Labs research suggests that today’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) networks actually could be 10,000 times more energy efficient then they are today."

Take a look at the official webcast and member videos, and stay up to date with the group's achievements via their Twitter feed.

Do you think a 1000-fold reduction in IT energy consumption is doable?