Cloud computing: Reducing carbon dioxide emissions by tens of millions of tonnes

According to foreign http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/31646.html "> media reports, Carbon Disclosure Project (Carbon Emission Disclosure Project, CDP) recently published a study on cloud computing that helps reduce carbon emissions.

The report notes that U.S. companies migrating to the cloud can reduce their carbon emissions by 85.7 million tonnes a year, equivalent to the total carbon emitted by 200 million barrels of oil. Cloud computing can help companies reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, but also save costs and improve operational efficiency.

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But many companies involved in the study say that environmental protection is not the main motivation for them to migrate to the cloud, says Paul Stemmler of Citigroup. "Reducing carbon emissions is a factor, but not a major factor." The main driver is the future market trend. ”

As of 2020, cloud computing will occupy 69% of IT spending, or 10% more on the current basis.

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Currently, CDP has 551 institutional investors and more than 3,000 institutional members who will voluntarily disclose their carbon emissions and, through the project, have signed water resources management and climate change monitoring agreements.

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