Cloud computing isn’t green. But it could be.

Climate Economy

Cloud computing isn’t green. But it could be.

by Meg Massey | Dec 18, 2020

America's virtual lives put vast amounts of literal carbon into the air. It's time for the cloud to go green. The pandemic-driven migration to working from home has, among other knock-on effects, accelerated the global transition to cloud computing. Even before COVID-19 hit, the cloud computing market grew from $6 billion in 2008 to $288 billion in 2019. But while the satisfaction of clearing out a filing cabinet after backing everything up on the cloud sounds minimalist and environmentally friendly (especially if you recycle those paper copies), it may not…

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