Well, Is The Cloud Really Green?

Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jan 26 2011) Carbon Tax , Cloud Computing , Servers

1. For the last couple of years, we’ve been hearing regularly that cloud computing is “greener”. We think it is high time that claim got explored a bit. The idea is based on the fact that cloud service providers aggregate servers together in virtual form, applying the economies of scale so the whole lot run more efficiently. Physical servers in users’ offices will throb away with wasted horsepower, and pump out heat, but the same job could be done by a virtual server which would scarcely impact the energy use of a shared data centre. (Read Full Article)

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