Gartner urges action on data center emissions. The intense power requirements needed to run and cool data centers now account for almost a quarter of global carbon dioxide emissions from information and communications technology, according to analyst firm Gartner.
The main issue is not the current amount of data center emissions but rather the fact that data center emissions are increasing faster than other carbon emissions, the firm said in a research advisory. "Although the figure compares favorably with the 40 percent of emissions from PCs and monitors, it is much more concentrated and rising more quickly," Rakesh Kumar, research vice president at Gartner, said before the firm's Data Center Summit this month. Despite widespread publicity around the issue, not enough attention has been paid to reducing data center emissions, Kumar said.
"Organizations should aim to keep their data center CO2 emissions constant," he said. The analyst also highlighted related cost concerns. European smart cities - Ranking. A.
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