Tech Giants, Facing Pressure for a Clean Cloud, Make it Rain with Green Data Centers
“No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.” It’s a fun e-mail footer that shows up occasionally in place of the rather smug variation, “Consider the environment before printing this e-mail.” It also pokes a little fun at the fallacy that digital content is somehow exempt from harm to the environment. Regardless of whether an e-mail may save a small fraction of resources over a piece of paper, it’s important to understand that as more of modern life happens in the digital cloud, there is still an environmental cost.
Login to comment.