In this article from the World Economic Forum, Tom Jackson and Ian R. Hodgkinson identify that organisations need to think about how to manage their data to minimise their digital carbon footprint.
Storage of ‘dark data’ defined as single-use data in the article, data takes up space on servers and results in increased electricity consumption. The authors point out that digitization generated 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020.
To read more on how dark data contributes to carbon emissions, and how organisations can lower their carbon footprint, click here.
