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Greenpeace was wrong: The cloud is good for the environment

July 8, 2016

Via: InfoWorld Cloud Computing

Cloud computing efficiency helps data centers reduce energy consumption across the United States, according to the new U.S. Data Center Energy Usage Report. The long and the short of it is data centers’ electricity usage increased by only 4 percent […]


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Don’t be blinded by the cloud’s many virtues

July 5, 2016

Via: InfoWorld Cloud Computing

The cloud does a lot for enterprises: It saves them money, provides agility, and even makes for a greener planet. Cloud computing’s effect on energy usage is good. According to a study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley […]


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Want To Save The Planet And Be Green? Then Go Cloud!

July 5, 2016

Via: Cloud Tweaks

Data Centers (DC’s) – they are hungry beasts. Ten years ago the EPA estimated that DC’s consumed 61 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in the US. Just three years ago the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) was calling the consumption level […]