[governance] Toward Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Internet and Telecommunications

[John Curran]

On Jan 6, 2013, at 3:18 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> According to recent calculations the Internet is the source of some 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions (and increasing quickly). Much of this comes from the vast server farms that major Internet corporations (eg. Google, Amazon etc.) have been establishing around the world. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130102140452.htm
> 
> Perhaps a topic for discussion at the next IGF?

I would recommend reading Greenpeace's study in this area for an understanding of the 
efforts currently being made by some of the leading industry players in this space: 

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/Campaign-reports/Climate-Reports/How-Clean-is-Your-Cloud/

There is significant attention to this problem in the Internet data center industry,
even to the point of sharing of best practices and increasing level of visibility 
into the power utilization, sourcing, and efficiency of these facilities.  It would
be interesting to hear from those involved in this space regarding what, if anything, 
could be done to allow further improvements in efficiency and emissions.

FYI,
/John

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