Posted on 08/13/2024 6:27:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin
“I can has cheezburger?” became one of the first internet memes...
But research has now found that the vast majority of data stored in the cloud is “dark data”, meaning it is used once then never visited again. That means that all the memes and jokes and films that we love to share with friends and family – from “All your base are belong to us” ... are out there somewhere, sitting in a datacentre, using up energy. By 2030, the National Grid anticipates that datacentres will account for just under 6% of the UK’s total electricity consumption, so tackling junk data is an important part of tackling the climate crisis.
Ian Hodgkinson, a professor of strategy at Loughborough University has been studying the climate impact of dark data and how it can be reduced.
“I really started a couple of years ago, it was about trying to understand the negative environmental impact that digital data might have,” he said. “And at the top of it might be quite an easy question to answer, but it turns out actually, it’s a whole lot more complex. But absolutely, data does have a negative environmental impact.”
He discovered that 68% of data used by companies is never used again, and estimates that personal data tells the same story.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Thanks for reminding me about my rehab for my right wrist.
I’m getting “the government has to erase data out of the cloud without permission” vibes from this story.
Maybe we should all switch to analog data storage! It's better for the environment!
Regards,
Apparently EVERYTHING is bad for the environment, so F it. We’re all gonna die anyway.
Books. Save every book you can.
Too many articles from The Guardian are bad for the environment.
Lemme guess, the solution for this so called “problem” is censorship?
This: 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆
Totally unnecessary “Reply All” is from the devil, but the only climate it affects is the frustration climate of my office.
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