Sunday, July 14, 2019

First they came for your bandwidth-----'Tsunami of data' could consume one fifth of global electricity by 2025

'Tsunami of data' could consume one fifth of global electricity by 2025

  • Billions of internet-connected devices could produce 3.5% of global emissions within ten years and 14% by 2040, new research will find

"The communications industry could use 20% of all the world’s electricity by 2025, hampering global attempts to meet climate change targets...
...academics are challenging industry assumptions.
...will forecast that information and communications technology, or ICT, could create up to 3.5% of global emissions by 2020 – surpassing aviation and shipping – and up to 14% 2040 – around the same proportion as the US today..."
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