US President-elect Barack Obama has promised massive economic stimulus package to revive flagging economy. Most of this money will go into green jobs and is expected to generate close to 2 million new jobs.

This will have clear impact on IT industry. No wonder we see all IT services companies flaunting green credentials on their website home pages.

2 million new jobs will require at huge amount of investment in PC hardware, software, related software services. Not to mention data center growth, which if we are reading it right, will get incentive to adopt green practices. LA Times reports on industry buzz around this expectation:

Obama’s proposal to weatherize homes would pay for itself through energy savings while putting legions of unemployed construction workers back on the job. A $100-billion investment in a green recovery could create 2 million jobs within two years, a good chunk of them in retrofitting, according to a recent University of Massachusetts study.

Now is a time for IT workers, who are already thinking of making a career move, to pick up expertise in green and sustainable technology skills.

It’s good to be in demand. Let us know how you are planning to aim for this market. What are the popular certifications and training courses avaiable for this?