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The Greening of IT
52 How Companies Can Make a Difference for the Environment

maintaining current data center operations. The pending energy-
efficiency certificates are expected to document a total of 1,600
megawatt hours of reduced electricity use annually.

Al Gore and Green Collaboration

Green collaboration covers a wide spectrum. In April 2008, the
California firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and
Generation Investment Management announced a collaboration to find,
fund, and accelerate green business, technology, and policy. The firm
also announced that Nobel Prize winner and former Vice President Al
Gore had joined KPCB as a partner. KPCB will co-locate their European
operations at Generation’s offices in London.
Gore stated that the alliance would bring together world-class busi-
ness talent to focus on solving the climate crisis. He emphasized that,
together, KPCB and Generation have a working understanding of this
urgent, multidimensional challenge and are resolved to help business
and government leaders accelerate the development of sustainable ptg
solutions. The collaborating groups said the alliance represents “a land-
mark alignment of resources to effect global change to protect the envi-
ronment. It combines the research expertise of both organizations with a
track record of successful investments in public and private companies,
from early stage to large capitalization business. It aligns the convening
power of Mr. Gore, the KPCB Greentech Innovation Network, and the
Generation Advisory Board toward a common goal. In addition, KPCB’s
presence in Asia and the United States, combined with Generation’s
presence in the United States, Europe, and Australia, will support
global-scale solutions.”
Gore also announced that as part of the agreement between the two
firms, 100 percent of his salary as a partner at KPCB will be donated
directly to the Alliance for Climate Protection—the nonpartisan founda-
tion he chairs that focuses on accelerating policy solutions to the climate
crisis. So, collaboration in the green space, including green IT, will con-
tinue to be far-reaching.