Though Koomey can't specify to what extent the financial crisis and technological advancements are to blame, he insists, broadly speaking, that we're primarily seeing fallout from the economic slowdown -- a stay of execution, of sorts, for those of us rooting for energy conservation.
ENGADGET: Report: data centers accounted for just 1 to 1.5 percent of electricity use last year, Google claims less than 1 percent of that