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Data Center Emissions, Coal Power Use Much Higher than Thought

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The largest U.S. data center owner-operators are underestimating how much coal-fired electricity they’re using, and thus the carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions they produce, according to a new study from Lux Research.

Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Reaches Lowest Extent on Record

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Preliminary analysis from the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado shows that Arctic sea ice likely reached its seasonal maximum on February 25th. At 5.61 million square miles (14.54 million square kilometers) the expected maximum ice extent is the lowest in the satellite record. The maximum extent for 2015 is 425,000 sq. miles (1.10 sq. kilometers)…

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Is cloud computing as efficient and less carbon intensive as some claim?

How Environmentally Sustainable is Cloud Computing and Storage?

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Richard Matthews | 3 Comments

Cloud computing and storage is a fast growing industry that is helping to drive our economy forward, but is it a revolutionary sustainability game changer or a sad example of greenwash. The defining feature of the cloud is the fact that instead of relying on local servers, it uses a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store,…

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