A Beginner’s Guide to Green IT – Key Concepts, Challenges and First Steps Toward Sustainability
Introduction
As of 2023, IT contributes 3.4% to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.1 Cryptocurrency and data centers alone now account for 2% of the global electricity consumption and 1% of GHG emissions. The rapid rise of generative AI is already visible in the environmental impacts of digital technology, accounting for between 1% and 5% of digital technology’s total impact, solely from servers configured for AI, depending……
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