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How Cloud can lessen your CO2 burden

Gunnar Menzel
Nov 4, 2023

Moving from a private traditional data center to a public cloud can significantly reduce CO2 emissions.

The savings can come from two main aspects: a more energy efficient compute platform and a reduced application landscape, which requires less compute power to operate. This short article details how a move to the cloud can help with reducing CO2.

The savings can come from two main aspects: a more energy efficient compute platform and a reduced application landscape, which requires less compute power to operate. As an example, by moving to a public cloud platform Mercedes-Benz managed to save 50% CO2 for its backend service. In another example a large chemical manufacturer moved its application from an existing data center to a public cloud provider, saving almost 60% CO2.

This short article details how a move to the cloud can help with reducing CO2.

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Gunnar Menzel

Chief Technology Officer North & Central Europe 
“Technology is becoming the business of every public sector organization. It brings the potential to transform public services and meet governments’ targets, while addressing the most important challenges our societies face. To help public sector leaders navigate today’s evolving digital trends we have developed TechnoVision: a fresh and accessible guide that helps decision makers identify the right technology to apply to their challenges.”