Sustainability is top of most organisations global agendas and with climate change experts warning that we in a global climate change crisis, it’s important that we all do our bit and become greener and more sustainable.
As cloud technology becomes more and more valuable, greener eco-friendly businesses are relying on it to become more sustainable and are leading the way for more businesses to make the switch.
The benefits of cloud technology go further than global file sharing and it can be sustainable way your business can embrace technology. Let’s break it down…
Less E-Waste
All businesses need to do more to reduce e-waste and cloud storage can be very helpful in this regard. On-site servers come with regular hardware updates meaning that there is a lot of tech that becomes redundant and needs replacing. Outdated tech is one of the lead causes of e-waste which has been mainly driven by the evolution of technology in recent times.
Better Energy Solutions
One huge upside to centralised cloud services is that it enables the opportunity to carry out computing on mass. This allows cloud service providers to optimise power consumption and lowers electricity waste.
Lower Demand For Onsite Electricity
By lowering or eliminating the need for on-site hardware, or even a local data cluster a businesses energy consumption demands decline significantly. Servers and data centre require a tonne of computing power, but so do the air conditioning and specialised on-site cooling systems that go alongside them. By going into the cloud and eliminating these problems, not only are you helping to lower your energy consumption, you are saving yourself money too!
Scalability At Your Fingertips
As businesses grow, so do their computing and energy needs. Scaling this up or down comes with its own set of challenges but computing and storage are usually the main ones, which means more data to manage. But for those enterprises that use cloud, they do not need to worry about their extra hardware and software requirements.
Cloud Tech Is Getting Greener!
All major cloud players are in the process of switching to green energy and are focused on ways that they can supply hardware from renewable sources making the future of cloud technology most certainly green.
To summarise, on-site server solutions are soon to be a thing of the past and with cloud technology becoming more secure, accessible, efficient and cost-effective it’s easy to see why companies globally are making the shift. When it comes to looking to the future, sustainability is key and should be at the top of all IT leaders global agendas and it is clear that the only way to reach that goal is to go green with the cloud.
