{"id":2333,"date":"2023-11-09T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.d-velop.com\/blog\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:05:20","slug":"cloud-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.d-velop.com\/blog\/thinking-digitally\/cloud-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"How cloud technologies help reduce the carbon footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The last eight years have been the warmest ever recorded.\u202fThis is the result of NASA<\/a>‘s\u202fannual analysis of global average temperatures since records began in 1880.\u202f\u201cIf we do not urgently change our way of life, we are putting life itself at risk,\u201d said United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The climate crisis is caused by us \u2013 and the solutions must come from us.\u202fWe have the tools: the technology is on our side.<\/p>Antonio Guterres<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To understand how cloud computing helps companies reduce their carbon footprint in the blog article \u2013 using\u202fAWS<\/a>\u202fas an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Cloud computing helps reduce climate-damaging CO\u2082 emissions<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cloud computing, i.e., the demand-based procurement of IT resources via the Internet, offers options for overcoming these challenges.\u202fIn contrast to on-premises servers with the associated siloed hardware, power consumption and required cooling systems, the cloud offers significant cost and environmental advantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Study shows: Migration to the cloud can reduce your carbon footprint<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A study by 451 Research<\/a>\u202ffound that European companies\u202fcan reduce\u202ftheir IT carbon footprint by an average of 80 % by migrating their\u202fIT infrastructure from their own data centers to the AWS cloud (see image).\u202fOnce AWS reaches its goal of sourcing 100 % energy from renewable sources, companies could reduce the carbon emissions of their IT infrastructure by as much as 96 %.\u202fThis goal should be achieved by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>Further exciting application scenarios for cloud computing to support sustainability<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Companies and organisations have the opportunity to use the latest technologies, such as machine learning, without having to operate and manage their own expensive and complex IT infrastructure.\u202fSome examples of how cloud computing can be effectively used to achieve sustainability goals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n