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First came SNIA Green Storage Initiative, a similar group focused on advancing energy efficiency in networked storage technologies.

Launched today, the group includes 3PAR, Brocade, COPAN Systems, Inc., Dell, EMC, EqualLogic, Emulex, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, Intransa, IBM, LSI, Microsoft, NetApp, QLogic, Seagate, Sun, Xiotech, and Xyratex.

It’s unclear what benefit such a group will have on the overall industry’s energy usage, but the Storage Initiative at least plans on educating data center operators on green data storage.

“Our green efforts will include helping our member companies design more energy efficient products, investigating specific technologies such as data de-duplication, thin provisioning and tape-based archiving as well as providing education that can help contribute to energy efficiency,” notes the release.