A new study by McKinsey & Company, a global management consultancy, has found that data centers are one of the fastest growing and largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Sponsored by the Uptime Institute and released Wednesday at the Institute Symposium: Green Enterprise Computing, the study attributes the increase to the growing demand for digital processing as Internet users conduct business daily online. The tasks run the gamut from online banking to online auctions, e-tail sales, Web searches and music and video downloads, according to the institute.
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Data Centers May Spew More Carbon Than Airlines by 2020
Posted by: Walaika Haskins May 1, 2008 01:18 PMA new study by McKinsey & Company, a global management consultancy, has found that data centers are one of the fastest growing and largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Sponsored by the Uptime Institute and released Wednesday at the Institute Symposium: Green Enterprise Computing, the study attributes the increase to the growing demand for digital processing as Internet users conduct business daily online. The tasks run the gamut from online banking to online auctions, e-tail sales, Web searches and music and video downloads, according to the institute.