http://futurismic.com/2008/05/05/data-centers-set-to-pollute-more-than-airlines-by-2020/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://futurismic.com/2008/05/05/data-centers-set-to-pollute-more-than-airlines-by-2020/comment-page-1/#comment-14352 PJ Mon, 05 May 2008 16:53:51 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3258#comment-14352 cloud computijng may actually *help* - people who run server farms are incented to make them as efficient as possible, but people who run single servers at a colo or who are self-hosting at home are incented to make their machines as *cheap* as possible, with no regard for efficiency. If the latter class of hosts goes away or gets reduced because cloud computing makes good on its promises, it could be a net gain for the environment. cloud computijng may actually *help* – people who run server farms are incented to make them as efficient as possible, but people who run single servers at a colo or who are self-hosting at home are incented to make their machines as *cheap* as possible, with no regard for efficiency. If the latter class of hosts goes away or gets reduced because cloud computing makes good on its promises, it could be a net gain for the environment.

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