Is it really a whole year since IBM unleashed its Project Big Green brainchild on the IT industry, triggering a barrage of like-minded efforts across the high-tech industry?

Well, apparently it is, and the company is using the anniversary to make a push for some of its <A HREF="http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=1123&tag=nl.e550">modular data center technology,</A> like the one squeezed into this container. According to IBM, the new designs can reduce energy consumption by up to 50 percent.