WTF is Carbon Neutrality and How Companies Can Achieve It

Written by kunal | Published 2020/05/31
Tech Story Tags: google | environment | environment-conservation | data-centers | data-center-management-service | carbon-emissions | carbon-footprint | how-to-lower-carbon-footprint

TLDR Each search releases roughly 0.2 grams of Carbon Dioxide into our atmosphere due to servers and data centre maintenance. Using Gmail for a year pours out 1.2kg CO2 per user. Google is awarded a carbon credit that denotes how much they have invested in carbon offsets, which means how much carbon they’ve prevented from entering into the atmosphere. Being carbon neutral means a company has brought its net carbon — and other greenhouse gases including methane — emissions down to zero. Google says their data centres consume the minimum power possible.via the TL;DR App
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Published by HackerNoon on 2020/05/31
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