{"id":4213,"date":"2010-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4213\/make-it-green-cloud-computing\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T02:00:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T02:00:28","slug":"make-it-green-cloud-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/make-it-green-cloud-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"Make IT Green: Cloud Computing and its Contribution to Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"p4descriptive_paragraph\">&#8220;Make IT Green: Cloud Computing and its Contribution to Climate Change&#8221; shows how the launch of quintessential cloud computing devices like the Apple iPad, which offer users access to the &#8220;cloud&#8221; of online services like social networks and video streaming, can contribute to a much larger carbon footprint of the Information Technology (IT) sector than previously estimated.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/9f59ffee-make-it-green-cover-430px.jpg\" alt=\"Layout 1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2010\/03\/f2954209-make-it-green-cloud-computing.pdf\">Download document<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Executive summary:<\/b> To be clear: We are not picking on Apple. 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