China's Data Centers Alone Will Soon Use More Electricity Than All Of Australia
China's data centers draw particular scrutiny because they are still mostly powered by coal.
A hidden environmental price makes storing data in the cloud a costly convenience.
Between 3 to 5% of all electricity used globally comes from data centers that house massive computer systems, an amount comparable to the airline industry, says Ben Brock Johnson, Here & Now’s tech analyst.
Instead of stashing information locally on our own personal devices, the cloud allows users to free up storage
