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Can the internet ever be green?

Can the internet ever be green?

The Climate Question vor 5 Jahren

Data drives our modern economy, but at what cost to the climate?

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The big tech firms of the world have reported record profits
during lockdown. These firms are some of the industrial titans of
the digital age.

Their ability to manipulate vast quantities of data is
revolutionising, well, everything. From streaming games and
movies, to automating mining operations, controlling medical
devices and even simple emails, the internet has brought
incredible advances right across the globe.

But we now know that previous industrial revolutions placed a
huge burden on the planet. Our climate question this week is:
Will this one be any different?

Facebook has pledged to use only renewable energy by the end of
2020, not 2030, as we stated in the programme.

Guests: Dr Rabih Bashroush - IT infrastructure expert, The Uptime
Institute Dr Stephanie Hare - Author and tech researcher Mats
Lewan - Tech reporter, Stockholm

Presented by Graihagh Jackson and Neal Razzell Produced by Jordan
Dunbar Researched by Soila Apparicio Edited by Emma Rippon