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Impact of Data Centers on Power Consumption, Climate Change, and Sustainability
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Author(s): Dhanabalan Thangam (Presidency Business School, Presidency College, Bengaluru, India), Haritha Muniraju (Triveni Institute of Commerce and Management, Bengaluru, India), R. Ramesh (Department of Management Studies, Knowledge Institute of Technology, Salem, India), Ramakrishna Narasimhaiah (Department of Economics, Jain University, Bengaluru, India), N. Muddasir Ahamed Khan (Department of Management, Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies, Bengaluru, India), Shabista Booshan (ISBR College, India), Bharath Booshan (Department of Management, Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies, Bengaluru, India), Thirupathi Manickam (Christ University, India)and R. Sankar Ganesh (Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, India)
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 24
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Computational Intelligence for Green Cloud Computing and Digital Waste Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): K. Dinesh Kumar (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India), Vijayakumar Varadarajan (The University of New South Wales, Australia), Nidal Nasser (College of Engineering, Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia)and Ravi Kumar Poluru (Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, India)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1552-1.ch004
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Abstract
The data-driven economy is transforming with data centers becoming a crucial business infrastructure. However, the increasing reliance on data centers is posing a threat to the environment. Climate change activists are focusing on reducing emissions from sectors like automotive, aviation, and energy. Data centers consume more electricity than the UK, accounting for 3% of global electricity supply and 2% of total greenhouse gas emissions. By 2040, digital data storage is projected to contribute to 14% of the world's emissions. The number of data centers worldwide has surged from 500,000 in 2012 to over 8 million, with energy consumption doubling every four years. The rise in internet penetration rates and the introduction of 5G technologies and IoT devices will further exacerbate the issue, increasing the demand for data processing.
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