Is it time to delete your “I can haz cheeseburger” memes? New research has shown that most cloud storage data is “dark data”…meaning it’s used once, and then never again. All of this content sits in a data center and uses energy, meaning it could impact the environment. “Every piece of data whether it be an image, whether it be an Instagram post, whatever it is, there’s a carbon footprint attached to it,” Ian Hodgkinson of Loughborough University said. “The reality is, these data centers are incredibly hot, incredibly noisy, they consume a large amount of energy.” (The Guardian)
Phone Topic: How often do you delete old pictures on your phone?
