RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 28 days agoData center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.netclimate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkData center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims.www.theguardian.comRedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.netclimate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·28 days agoI am a very non-tech person, can someone explain to me why “junk data” isn’t regularly deleted?
minus-squarenothx [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-228 days 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”.