Episode 92 - The Environmental Impact of Big Data
Data is a lesser-talked-about element of collapse, but an important one! "The Cloud" is, indeed, not a magical floating database in the sky where data can be stored for free. Rather, it's a vast number of energy-consuming, environment-destroying servers all over the world. As the internet grows and big data with it, how long is it sustainable, and what would take to break it?
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-019-00171-7
https://techjury.net/blog/big-data-statistics/#gref
https://starry.com/blog/inside-the-internet/how-big-is-the-internet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX8sOrz_-Fg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73IiCG51_VI
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abfba1
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Data is a lesser-talked-about element of collapse, but an important one! "The Cloud" is, indeed, not a magical floating database in the sky where data can be stored for free. Rather, it's a vast number of energy-consuming, environment-destroying servers all over the world. As the internet grows and big data with it, how long is it sustainable, and what would take to break it?
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-019-00171-7
https://techjury.net/blog/big-data-statistics/#gref
https://starry.com/blog/inside-the-internet/how-big-is-the-internet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX8sOrz_-Fg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73IiCG51_VI
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abfba1
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