ENERGY - Moving To The Cloud Could Save 23 Billion Kilowatt-hours Of Electricity

A study conducted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Northwestern University and funded by Google has found that moving common software applications used by US workers to the cloud could save 23 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, approximately enough energy to power all the homes, businesses, and industry of Los Angeles for a whole year.The report (PDF) identified three common businesses applications which could be moved to the ...

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