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Why are Salesforce hiding the emissions of their cloud?

Why are Salesforce hiding the emissions of their cloud?

By Tom Raftery on November 20, 2012

The lack of transparency from Cloud computing providers is something we have discussed many times on this blog – today we thought we’d highlight an example. Salesforce dedicates a significant portion of its site to Sustainability and on “Using cloud computing to benefit our environment”. They even have nice calculators and graphs of how Green […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged carbon intensity, Cloud, cloud carbon intensity, Cloud Computing, cloud infrastructure, data center, emissions data, Greenhouse gas, greenwash, greenwashing, salesforce, salesforce.com, singapore, Spain, Sustainability

Cloud Computing: Google Apps cloud has a relatively high carbon intensity

Cloud Computing: Google Apps cloud has a relatively high carbon intensity

By Tom Raftery on July 3, 2012

I have been researching and publishing on Cloud Computing for quite some time here. Specifically, I’ve been highlighting how it is not possible to know if Cloud computing is truly sustainable because none of the significant Cloud providers are publishing sufficient data about their energy consumption, carbon emissions and water use. It is not enough […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged carbon, carbon intensity, Cloud, Cloud Computing, co2, General Services Administration, google, google apps, Google Apps for Government, GSA, offset, reduced emissions, USGSA

Don’t forget – where your cloud apps are hosted helps determine their carbon footprint

Don’t forget – where your cloud apps are hosted helps determine their carbon footprint

By Tom Raftery on December 21, 2011

Back in July of this year (2011), the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), in conjunction with Verdantix, released a report titled Cloud Computing – The IT Solution for the 21st Century [PDF warning] which erroneously claims Cloud Computing is Green. Shortly after it was released, I wrote a long post outlining exactly where the report was […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged AT&T, Carbon Disclosure Project, carbon intensity, cdp, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Solutions division, co2 emissions, Electricity generation, environmental benefits, green cloud, IT estate, verdantix

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