Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT), Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN), and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) have collaborated with nonprofit firms like the Linux Foundation and climate groups for lower emission data center software, Bloomberg reports. The Green Software Foundation, founded by Microsoft-owned GitHub and software consultancy ThoughtWorks, plans to build tools and standards for measuring the climate impact of software and train software engineers to build energy-efficient programs. Data centers now account for 1% of global electricity demand, estimated to rise to 3% - 8% in the next ten yea...