Technology’s Carbon Footprint

Natasha Matta
Apr 12 · 4 min read
Image Credit: Big Data Made Simple

Each internet search, song played, video streamed, message sent, route planned via GPS, cashless payment, and social media scroll contributes to growing energy consumption, global demand for electricity, and rising CO2 emissions. The world’s digital carbon footprint is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

Although the data that we are sending, receiving, and consuming is not physically tangible, it has a…

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