Bravo New York Times For Discovering Reality in 'Power, Pollution and The Internet' -- Forbes
This past Sunday, investigative journalists at The New York Times created something of a furor in the dweeb-o-sphere with a lengthy article titled Power, Pollution and the Internet: The Cloud Factories.
“A yearlong examination by The New York Times has revealed that [the] foundation of the information industry is sharply at odds with its image of sleek efficiency and environmental friendliness.”
The Times’ journalists uncovered the ‘shocking’ fact that the Internet, from Facebook and Instagram, to iCloud and Amazon, is only possible because behind the sleek Galaxies, iPhones and iPads lurks a truly massive physical infrastructure. Warehouse-scale buildings that dwarf a typical Wal-Mart store, chock full of hot microprocessors. And they all consume enormous quantities of energy too. Go figure.
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My Comment: The U.S. digital economy is worth $2 trillion .... now you know why issues like cyber-security, cyber-attacks, cyber-war, etc. are important and need to be discussed all the time.
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