Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday March 01 2020, @12:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the send-in-the-clouds dept.

The New York Times has an interesting story:

The computer engine rooms that power the digital economy have become surprisingly energy efficient.

A new study of data centers globally found that while their computing output jumped sixfold from 2010 to 2018, their energy consumption rose only 6 percent. The scientists' findings suggest concerns that the rise of mammoth data centers would generate a surge in electricity demand and pollution have been greatly overstated.

The major force behind the improving efficiency is the shift to cloud computing. In the cloud model, businesses and individuals consume computing over the internet as services, from raw calculation and data storage to search and social networks.

There may yet be hope for data centers.


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday March 02 2020, @04:32PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 02 2020, @04:32PM (#965540) Journal

    Just because something can be objectively measured and shown beyond doubt to cause actual harm, doesn't mean you can get people to agree that we should do anything about it. Because . . . OMG . . . government regulations! And rich people might make a few lifetimes less profit that they would never spend anyway. But worst, it would affect the most vulnerable people of all . . . corporations.

    --
    People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   2