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Green information technology (IT) services refer to the application of sustainable practices, technologies, and processes aimed at reducing the environmental impact of IT operations while enhancing energy efficiency, resource utilization, and operational sustainability. These services help organizations optimize IT infrastructure, lower carbon emissions, manage electronic waste, and implement environmentally responsible approaches throughout the technology lifecycle while supporting sustainability objectives and regulatory requirements.
The primary components of green information technology (IT) services include software and services. Software refers to digital solutions designed to enhance energy efficiency, minimize resource consumption, and support environmentally sustainable information technology operations. These solutions are deployed through on-premise, cloud, and hybrid models. They are adopted by large enterprises and small and medium enterprises and are used across end uses including information technology and telecommunications, banking, financial services, and insurance, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, retail, government and public sectors, energy and utilities, and others.
Tariffs are influencing the green information technology (IT) services market by increasing the cost of imported energy-efficient IT equipment, data center hardware, electronic components, and environmental monitoring devices required for sustainable IT deployments. This is increasing implementation and service delivery costs, particularly in regions dependent on imported technology such as Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Hardware-intensive areas such as green data center management, energy efficiency services, and resource optimization are most affected due to global supply chain dependencies. However, tariffs are also encouraging local sourcing, equipment refurbishment, supplier diversification, and greater investment in circular IT practices, strengthening long-term market resilience.
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The green information technology (it) services market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $28.71 billion in 2025 to $33.8 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.7%. The growth during the historic period can be attributed to increasing demand for energy-efficient IT infrastructure, rising organizational focus on reducing IT operating costs, growing adoption of electronic waste management practices, increasing need for carbon emissions measurement, and expanding regulatory requirements for environmental reporting.
The green information technology (it) services market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $64.01 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.3%. The growth during the forecast period can be attributed to increasing demand for sustainable IT lifecycle management, rising adoption of IT equipment refurbishment and reuse, growing need for specialized green IT consulting services, expanding demand for energy efficiency assessment services, and increasing organizational investment in environmentally responsible IT procurement. Major trends during the forecast period include green IT consulting and sustainability assessment services, IT equipment refurbishment and reuse services, electronic waste collection and recycling services, sustainable IT procurement and asset lifecycle services, and IT infrastructure energy auditing and optimization services.
The growing adoption of cloud computing is expected to drive the growth of the green information technology (IT) services market going forward. Cloud computing refers to the provision of computing services, including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, and analytics, over the internet on a pay-as-you-go basis. The adoption of cloud computing is increasing due to its ability to offer scalable and cost-efficient IT infrastructure, facilitate flexible resource management, and lower operational expenses. Cloud computing supports green IT services by optimizing resource utilization, lowering energy consumption, and enabling sustainable IT infrastructure management through efficient cloud-based technologies. For instance, in June 2026, according to Eurostat, Luxembourg-based official statistical office of the European Union, the share of enterprises using paid cloud computing services in the European Union (EU) increased by 7.42 percentage points in 2025 compared with 2023. Therefore, the growing adoption of cloud computing is driving the growth of the green information technology (IT) services market.
Major companies operating in the green information technology (IT) services market are increasingly focusing on innovative initiatives such as green software development practices to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions from IT operations, and support sustainable digital transformation. Green software development practices involve designing, developing, and operating software applications through methods that minimize energy consumption, optimize computing resources, and reduce the environmental impact of software throughout its lifecycle compared with conventional software development approaches. For instance, in May 2023, Salesforce, Inc., a US-based cloud-based software company, launched the Green Code initiative, a sustainability-focused program aimed at helping technology professionals reduce carbon emissions associated with the software development lifecycle. The initiative provides sustainability best practices for UX designers, software developers, system architects, and IT operations teams to develop more energy-efficient applications. It emphasizes sustainable design, optimized software architecture, energy-efficient coding practices, and enhanced IT operations, including workload optimization and the use of renewable energy-powered cloud infrastructure. The initiative also promotes techniques such as minimizing unnecessary data flows, improving application performance, optimizing cloud resource utilization, and developing software that consumes less energy at scale.
In June 2025, Kyndryl Holdings Inc., a US-based enterprise technology services company, partnered with Google Cloud to help organizations enhance the sustainability of AI and IT infrastructure operations. Through this partnership, Kyndryl Holdings Inc. and Google Cloud aim to enable customers to assess and optimize energy consumption, lower carbon emissions, identify carbon-efficient regions for AI workloads, and develop sustainable large language model (LLM) deployments using AI-powered infrastructure management and sustainability solutions. Google Cloud is a US-based cloud computing company specializing in cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and digital transformation services.
Major companies operating in the green information technology (IT) services market are Accenture plc, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, International Business Machines Corporation, PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, NTT DATA Group Corporation, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Capgemini SE, Fujitsu Limited, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, Infosys Limited, Kyndryl Holdings Inc, HCL Technologies Limited, DXC Technology Company, CGI Inc, Wipro Limited, Atos SE, Sopra Steria Group SA, Tech Mahindra Limited, LTIMindtree Limited, Hitachi Ltd
North America was the dominant region in the green information technology (IT) services market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the rapidly growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the green information technology (IT) services market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the green information technology (IT) services market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The green information technology (IT) services market includes revenues earned by entities by providing services such as energy-efficient IT consulting, sustainable IT infrastructure management, green data center optimization, carbon footprint assessment, IT asset lifecycle management, electronic waste management, cloud sustainability services, and environmental compliance support. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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