In this modern age of technological innovations, the requirement to go green is stronger than ever. With the emergence of cloud computing, the internet is becoming a great contributor to carbon emissions due to the utilization of dirty energy. Revolutionary IT companies and search giants have taken this issue under consideration and are redirecting a massive number of their data centers onto renewable energy sources. Be it Facebook, Amazon, Google, or Microsoft, organizations are progressing by leaps and bounds to become as environmentally friendly as possible by setting their ecological company goals.

The latest evolution in cloud computing assists companies to become familiar with the fact that they are attaining more flexibility and scalability by switching to the public cloud. According to the Environmental protection agency, data centers now encounter 1.5% of overall electricity utilization in the United States. Moreover, by the year 2020 carbon emissions have four-footed to 680 million tons per year. Consequently, carbon exhalation and electricity consumption can be minimized by redirecting all of the IT operations to a public cloud provider, known as green computing in layman’s terms.

How Could Computing Be Enhancing Environmental sustainability?

There is no surprise in saying that cloud computing is sustainable yet it comes with a catch. Cloud computing provides a wide range of benefits such as security, mobility, scalability but the highly valuable advantage is its potential to foster environmental friendliness in regular business operations. Let us have an overview of some major benefits that organizations can cherish by acquiring cloud computing.

Prevent 1 Billion Emissions of CO2

It is predicted by International Data Corporation (IDC) that from 2021 to 2024 the continuous acquisition of cloud computing helps to intercept the emission of more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). The prediction utilizes IDC data on server distribution, cloud, and on-premises software utilization in addition to third-party information on data center power utilization, emission analogy of cloud as well as non-cloud data centers, and CO2 emission per kilowatt-hour.

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Increases The Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources

Cloud data centers mainly rely upon renewable energy resources and making them environmentally friendly. Solar powers and winds are substituting fossil fuel-based electricity. The utilization of green energy instead of fossil fuels is becoming the most common sustainability strategy. For instance, Agile IT and Arcadia Power, partnered so that their headquarters and data centers currently operate under wind power. Thanks to the leveraging technology due to which cloud centers are running in a more energy-efficient manner as compared to physical data centers.

**Decreases Automobile Emission **

The way cloud computing facilitates remote work, which decreases commutes which in return decreases automobile emission is effortless. Saving the utilization of gasoline and auto emissions also results in less air pollution, providing it an additional environmental advantage that is integrated into our society. Remote employees assist companies to work more accurately and efficiently. A minimal number of employees means minimal utilization of resources, also utilizing less heat and energy.

Cloud Providers Are Going Green

The global environmental ecosystem is more secure and stronger because of cloud computing. Let us have a deep analysis of this enthusiastic fact that how the world’s most popular cloud providers are acquiring green computing to leave a positive impact on the environment.

**Google Cloud **

Recently Google Cloud announced that by the year 2030, it is projecting its goal to run its business on carbon-free energy 24/7 all across the globe. Google Cloud encounters how much carbon it has consumed every year. In 2007, Google successfully achieved carbon neutrality. This search giant has purchased enough solar and wind energy to tone with 100% of its global electricity consumption since 2017. The next step in resulting in a carbon-free future and providing its customer with the most enhanced form of cloud computing services is completely decarbonizing its data center electricity supply chain.

Each Google Cloud region will be supplied with the emergence of more and more carbon-free energy and very minimal fossil-based energy, the company is continuously striving to achieve new and innovative sustainability goals.

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