-Internet takes up a lot of energy from data centers, personal user devices and networking hardware
-Requires
24/7 electricity from pozering and global cooling infrastructure
-Internet itself contributes 3% GCE
- Data centers:
it is a large group of computer servers. Their whole purpose is to reomtely process, storage
and distribute data. Consume a lot of energy and produces tons of e-waste
- Cooling systems: Inbuilt systems
made for preventing damage sustained by overheaating. Commonly extracts heat via air/liquid
Some
refrigerants leak, contributing to global warming, "Urban Heat Island" Effect, and it also produces tons of
e-waste.
for short, Moore's law encourages innovation, theoretically lowers costs for chips despite rising quality, Global Power Shifts
Internet's sustainability is physically possible, but it is quite definitely not a climate-friendly thing;
- Everything that makes the intenrnet operational consumes a lot of money & energy, and in return it emits a lot
of carbon, among other things
- The Internet itself contributes a huge percentage to GLOBAL carbon emissions
- Electronic waste grows into a problem of a bigger scale