Data centre emissions rival air travel as digital demand soars
by Adam Vaughan from on (#NH9A)
Datacentre web servers, such as those used by Google and Facebook, to blame for 2% of greenhouse gas emissions - about the same as air travel
Watching another episode on Netflix, reading the Guardian online and downloading apps are not obvious ways to pollute the atmosphere. But collectively, our growing appetite for digital services means the datacentres that power them are now responsible for about 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions, a similar share to aviation.
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