SAP to power its cloud computing infrastructure from 100% renewable energy
March 26, 2014
Grazed from Enterprise Irregulars. Author: Tom Raftery.
Cloud computing is often incorrectly touted as being a green, more environmentally-friendly, computing option. This confusion occurs because people forget that while cloud computing may be more energy efficient (may be), the environmental friendliness is determined by how much carbon is produced in the generation of that energy. If a data centre is primarily powered by coal, it doesn’t matter how energy efficient it it, it will never be green.
We have mentioned that very often here on GreenMonk, as well as regularly bringing it up with cloud providers when talking to them. One such cloud provider is SAP. Like most other cloud vendors, they’re constantly increasing their portfolio of cloud products. This has presented them with some challenges when they have to consider their carbon footprint. In its recently released 2013 Annual Report SAP admits:..
"Energy usage in our data centers contributed to 6% of our total emissions in 2013, compared with 5% in 2012"…
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