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   Data centers are becoming an increasing emissions concern   
      
   Date:   
   Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:23:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   AI and IoT are being blamed for higher data center emissions and energy   
   consumption.   
      
   FULL STORY   
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    - Report claims data centers and the aviation industry both account for   
   3% each of global carbon emissions   
    - By 2026, the worlds data centers will use as much electricity as Japan   
    - Germany is mandating highly efficient data centers from 2026   
      
   Increased artificial intelligence activity has led to skyrocketing demand for   
   data centers, with new SPhotonix research claiming the facilities now account   
   for the same amount of emissions as the global aviation industry.    
      
   Now accounting for 3% of global carbon emissions, the concern is AI and IoT   
   will continue to drive data centers environmental impact up, and by 2030,    
   they could consume as much as 13% of the worlds electricity.    
      
   SPhotonix says 149 zettabytes (ZB) of data was created in 2024  after just   
   four years, this annual figure could stand at 394ZB, around 2.6x more.   
      
   Data centers linked with growing emissions   
      
   Quantifying the concerns, SPhotonix revealed data centers currently consume   
   460TWh per year, but by just 2026, this could more than double to 1,000TWh,   
   which is roughly the same as Japans total energy usage. By the end of the   
   decade, these sites could account for 2.5 billion metric tonnes of CO2.    
      
   The research delves into different types of storage, and reveals HDD storage   
   used for long-term cold data storage and archiving actually sues more data     
   in order to keep these HDDs at low temperatures for data preservation and   
   drive health, large amounts of energy are required. Cold storage and    
   archiving account for around three-fifths of all data stored today.    
      
   HDDs also tend to have a shorter lifespan than SSDs , meaning that they must   
   be copied every seven to 10 years, which comes at the expense of high energy   
   consumption and CO2 emissions.    
      
   In an increasingly digital world, the environmental impact of data storage is   
   quickly becoming a pressing concern with respective Governments and    
   Regulatory bodies stepping in to enforce sustainability standards, said   
   SPhotonix Chief Science Officer Peter Kazansky.    
      
   Kazansky added that Germany will require new data centers to achieve a power   
   usage efficiency of 1.2 or less from next year.    
      
   Reliable data management plays a vital role in addressing energy challenges,   
   enabling efficient resource allocation and long-term planning, Kazansky   
   concluded.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/data-centers-are-becoming-an-increasing-emission   
   s-concern   
      
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