Report: IT emits as much CO2 as aviation industry
In a new study, technology research firm Gartner concludes that the information technology industry accounts for about two percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. The estimate is based on the amount of energy that computers, monitors, printers, and phones use, plus the cooling that's required for buildings full of servers that run the Internet. Gartner researcher Simon Mingay says information technology
puts out about the same amount of CO2 emissions as the global aviation industry.
