We’re Measuring Data Center Sustainability Wrong
https://spectrum.ieee.org/data-center-sustainability-metrics
"Manufacturing a single smartphone generates approximately 50 kg CO2 equivalent (CO2e). For a laptop, it’s 200 kg CO2e. With 1 billion smartphones replaced annually, that’s 50 million tonnes of CO2e per year just from smartphone manufacturing, before anyone even turns them on."
#Datacenters #Technology #Sustainability
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2026-03-07 15:39:56 UTC
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