{"id":19071,"date":"2022-03-02T12:20:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=19071"},"modified":"2022-03-02T12:20:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:20:44","slug":"mitigating-negative-environmental-impact-data-processing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/mitigating-negative-environmental-impact-data-processing\/19071\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitigating the negative environmental impact of data processing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Using the internet leaves traces behind, not just from the internet itself, but it leaves behind a significant ecological footprint. This is due to the fact that physical data centres are necessary to process and store data, which uses massive amounts of energy. A substantial amount of this energy is used up when cooling the data processing facilities themselves, which produces large amounts of waste heat during computation.<\/p>\n
Some large technology companies are now mindful of their obligations, and are financing renewable energy as well as searching for methods to enhance the energy efficiency of their server farms. One of these paths leads to the Arctic Circle, where some of the biggest data centres are presently situated. The cold temperatures aid in reducing the quantity of energy required to cool the equipment.<\/p>\n
With the most recent digital trends, including Artificial Intelligence<\/a> (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), and the Internet of Things (IoT), additional trials lie ahead. The volumes of data that must be processed are growing quickly, and simultaneously, the reactions are needed in real time and without delay.<\/p>\n In order to accomplish this, it is necessary for data processing to move closer to the location where it was developed. For example, in the form of a micro data centre in the neighbourhood. In the best case, however, this local data centre will not only be utilised for data processing, but also attached to the energy system and employed to heat the building.<\/p>\n A field test with micro data centres in the NEST research building at Empa<\/a> and at two other locations in Turkey and the Netherlands intends to investigate the possibility of this idea.<\/p>\nIntelligent cooling<\/h3>\n