Your introductory point about share of lobal emissions is something I think we as an industry don't really realize yet. So, to give some more precise numbers about that…
> data centers contribute 3% of global greenhouse emissions
Not true according to my research [0] — more like _Tech in general_ contributes ~4% of global GHG emissions. Within that, datacenters only represent ~20%. (The rest is 15% for networks, 20% for consumer devices consumption, and the remaining 45% for manufacturing of equipment.)
And also:
> (same amount as the entire airline indistry).
Air traffic accounts for ~2% of global GHG emissions [1], so Tech is actually twice as bad as air traffic there. Other ways to put it is: as much as all trucks on the planet, and 4x emissions of a country like France.
> data centers contribute 3% of global greenhouse emissions
Not true according to my research [0] — more like _Tech in general_ contributes ~4% of global GHG emissions. Within that, datacenters only represent ~20%. (The rest is 15% for networks, 20% for consumer devices consumption, and the remaining 45% for manufacturing of equipment.)
And also:
> (same amount as the entire airline indistry).
Air traffic accounts for ~2% of global GHG emissions [1], so Tech is actually twice as bad as air traffic there. Other ways to put it is: as much as all trucks on the planet, and 4x emissions of a country like France.
[0]: https://theshiftproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Rappo... (FR) (p18, p20)
[1]: https://www.atag.org/facts-figures.html