RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them] to news@hexbear.netEnglish • 10 months agoData center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1146cross-posted to: france@lemmit.onlineclimate@slrpnk.nettechnology@lemmit.onlineclimate@slrpnk.netnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1146external-linkData center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims.www.theguardian.comRedWizard [he/him, comrade/them] to news@hexbear.netEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: france@lemmit.onlineclimate@slrpnk.nettechnology@lemmit.onlineclimate@slrpnk.netnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him, they/them]linkfedilinkEnglish11•10 months agoI am a very non-tech person, can someone explain to me why “junk data” isn’t regularly deleted?
minus-squarenothx [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish14•edit-210 months agoNot sure what you mean by “junk data”, but hoarding data is the least of our issues. It’s the computational power and cooling that eats up all the energy, not the “cold storage”.
I am a very non-tech person, can someone explain to me why “junk data” isn’t regularly deleted?
Not sure what you mean by “junk data”, but hoarding data is the least of our issues. It’s the computational power and cooling that eats up all the energy, not the “cold storage”.