Many parts of the world have just survived the hottest summer on record – not unscathed, in many cases. It’s generally accepted that human consumption of fossil fuels is to blame for the drastic and seemingly accelerating effects of climate change. Typical estimates suggest that data centers are responsible for 1.4 percent of global electricity consumption, which, although only a small fraction, still represents hundreds of terawatt hours and, potentially, 90 million tons of CO2 released into the atmosphere [1].
Although data center efficiency and sustainability have advanced in leaps and bounds over the past 10 years, with the advent of hyperscale data centers – meaning that compute capacity has vastly increased while power consumption has remained relatively constant – that’s still 90 million tons of CO2 that the planet would…
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ADMIN Network & Security (Digital) - 1 Issue, September/October 2023