Greedy for green: The motivations and hindrances of maintaining environmental sustainability in the commericial industry of cloud computing

Autores
Cantor, Bradley S.
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
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versión publicada
Descripción
This articleexploresthe potential for environmental sustainability in the rapidly growing industry of could computing. By understanding the cloud as a commercially driven endeavor, we unearth the motivations that drive the growth of the burgeoning industry. We go on to explain the impetus behind many of the data center innovations that cloud computing has brought about. We show that these innovations are why the cloud has been heralded as a form of sustainable computing. After exploring the technologies endorsed and innovated by cloud computing, the article proceeds todiscuss some of the potential downfalls inherent to propagating a commercially driven, yet environmentally sustainable industry. Lastly, the paper discusses the role that we, the consumer, play in shaping the environmental sustainability of the digital storage industry.
Workshop: III Ethicomp latinoamérica
Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI)
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Ciencias Informáticas
Ethics
cloud computing
Environments
sustainable computing
data center innovations
ethical consumerism
economic viability
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acceso abierto
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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title Greedy for green: The motivations and hindrances of maintaining environmental sustainability in the commericial industry of cloud computing
spellingShingle Greedy for green: The motivations and hindrances of maintaining environmental sustainability in the commericial industry of cloud computing
Cantor, Bradley S.
Ciencias Informáticas
Ethics
cloud computing
Environments
sustainable computing
data center innovations
ethical consumerism
economic viability
title_short Greedy for green: The motivations and hindrances of maintaining environmental sustainability in the commericial industry of cloud computing
title_full Greedy for green: The motivations and hindrances of maintaining environmental sustainability in the commericial industry of cloud computing
title_fullStr Greedy for green: The motivations and hindrances of maintaining environmental sustainability in the commericial industry of cloud computing
title_full_unstemmed Greedy for green: The motivations and hindrances of maintaining environmental sustainability in the commericial industry of cloud computing
title_sort Greedy for green: The motivations and hindrances of maintaining environmental sustainability in the commericial industry of cloud computing
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cantor, Bradley S.
author Cantor, Bradley S.
author_facet Cantor, Bradley S.
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Informáticas
Ethics
cloud computing
Environments
sustainable computing
data center innovations
ethical consumerism
economic viability
topic Ciencias Informáticas
Ethics
cloud computing
Environments
sustainable computing
data center innovations
ethical consumerism
economic viability
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This articleexploresthe potential for environmental sustainability in the rapidly growing industry of could computing. By understanding the cloud as a commercially driven endeavor, we unearth the motivations that drive the growth of the burgeoning industry. We go on to explain the impetus behind many of the data center innovations that cloud computing has brought about. We show that these innovations are why the cloud has been heralded as a form of sustainable computing. After exploring the technologies endorsed and innovated by cloud computing, the article proceeds todiscuss some of the potential downfalls inherent to propagating a commercially driven, yet environmentally sustainable industry. Lastly, the paper discusses the role that we, the consumer, play in shaping the environmental sustainability of the digital storage industry.
Workshop: III Ethicomp latinoamérica
Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI)
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