Excess Memes and 'Reply All' Emails Are Bad For Climate, Researcher Warns 🌍

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Summary:

  1. Dark Data’s Carbon Footprint
    A new study reveals that most data in the cloud, including memes and emails, is dark data—used once and then forgotten. This contributes to increased energy consumption in datacenters.

  2. Rising Electricity Use
    By 2030, datacenters could use nearly 6% of the UK’s total electricity. Tackling unnecessary data is crucial for reducing this impact on the climate.

  3. Practical Tips
    To help, experts suggest reducing pointless emails and avoiding the “reply all” function. This can lower personal and collective energy consumption from digital storage. :light_bulb:

Read more at: The Guardian