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Date: October 02, 2019 at 09:46:18
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: The Internet Cloud Has a Dirty Secret |
URL: https://fortune.com/2019/09/18/internet-cloud-server-data-center-energy-consumption-renewable-coal/?fbclid=IwAR1LKL7NCe5CA7GhO_SF1G6me2mnN26GcS9LslHeqfkmbnudrJbmMnfk8PI |
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The Internet Cloud Has a Dirty Secret
By Naomi Xu Elegant
September 18, 2019
The music video for “Despacito” set an Internet record in April 2018 when it became the first video to hit five billion views on YouTube. In the process, "Despacito" reached a less celebrated milestone: it burned as much energy as 40,000 U.S. homes use in a year.
Computer servers, which store website data and share it with other computers and mobile devices, create the magic of the virtual world. But every search, click, or streamed video sets several servers to work — a Google search for "Despacito" activates servers in six to eight data centers around the world — consuming very real energy resources.
A lot of them. more at link
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Date: October 02, 2019 at 18:01:50
From: ShakyD, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: The Internet Cloud Has a Dirty Secret |
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5G will make it worse.
Faster data leads to more data consumption.
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Date: October 02, 2019 at 12:43:10
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: The Internet Cloud Has a Dirty Secret |
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So much for how they do "it" slowly down in Puerto Rico.
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Date: October 02, 2019 at 11:30:15
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: It's under discussion |
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Within the university systems, believe me, the student
body brings it up and pressures alternative modes of
backup, and rightfully so. It's come up at several
meetings recently, and a few broader national
conferences in the last several years.
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Date: October 02, 2019 at 13:09:34
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: It's under discussion |
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thks, what are the students offering for alternatives?
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Date: October 02, 2019 at 15:45:57
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: It's under discussion |
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Unfortunately it's protest without
solution as near as I can tell, and
all go on with their own use of such
systems. :-(
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