B. 21-891 Action on a Written Petition (Council Policy 030) Submitted by Councilmember Jain Requesting to Place an Agenda Item at a Future Meeting to have a Policy Discussion on Data Centers (Deferred from June 22, 2021)
I'm not an expert but recent research quoted in a New York TImes article states that data centers are not as awful as formerly claimed: "A ... study of data centers ... found that while ... output jumped sixfold from 2010 to 2018 ... energy consumption rose only 6 percent. The ... findings suggest concerns that the rise ... data centers would generate a surge in electricity demand and pollution have been ... overstated" and that this is due to cloud computing efficiencies." http://tiny.cc/xem9uz
I'm not an expert but recent research quoted in a New York TImes article states that data centers are not as awful as formerly claimed: "A ... study of data centers ... found that while ... output jumped sixfold from 2010 to 2018 ... energy consumption rose only 6 percent. The ... findings suggest concerns that the rise ... data centers would generate a surge in electricity demand and pollution have been ... overstated" and that this is due to cloud computing efficiencies." http://tiny.cc/xem9uz