Are Clouds Green?

BBC - Homepage (Dec 20 2011)

1. This week One Planet goes in search of the cloud - the digital cloud, where we're increasingly storing our music, pictures and documents. Cloud computing might sound etheral, but the physical reality of the cloud more mundane. Our digital files are stored in data centres, giant warehouses around the world full of computer servers. The IT industry has been criticised by environmental groups for the vast amounts of energy needed to power these sites - every click uses energy somewhere. But a new breed of data centres is opening up in northern Europe - cooled by the chilly air and powered by cheap renewable energy. Facebook became the latest company to move north last month, when it announced plans to build a new data centre in northern Sweden. Join One Planet in search of the cloud in Iceland this week. We visit a former NATO air base which now houses the first ... (Read Full Article)

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