According to a new study, Internet and other components of information communication and technology (ICT) industry annually produces more than 830 million tonnes of the main greenhouse gas – carbon dioxide (CO2).
The report has been published in journal Environmental Science & Technology,
Researchers from the Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications (CEET) and Bell Labs explain that the information communications and technology (ICT) industry, which delivers Internet, video, voice and other cloud services, produces about 2 per cent of global CO2 emissions – the same proportion as the aviation industry produces.
