In July Western Digital announced a new line of GreenPower (TM) hard drives. The drives will be shipped in capacities from 320 GB to 1TB and are expected to save up to 40% in power consumption or $10 a year per drive. 
Western Digital claims that typical 1TB drives have power consumption of 13.5 watts but their WD GreenPower will reduce the consumption by 5 watts.
In a day and age when conserving energy by reducing consumption is in the forefront of consumers’ minds, choosing to “Go Green” was a smart business move on Western Digital’s part. Check out the specs. and energy saving statistics on Western Digital’s web site.[Source: PRNewsWire]
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