Contribution of cloud computing in the reduction of carbon dioxide emission

Khan, Nusratullah and Nusatullah, Kajal and Shah, Asadullah (2014) Contribution of cloud computing in the reduction of carbon dioxide emission. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 2 (8). pp. 118-120. ISSN 1755-1528

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Abstract

The Information Technology industry is rapidly expanding and as a result its contribution to carbon dioxide emission is also rapidly increasing. Fortunately, the cloud computing industry is perceived by many to be a viable solution for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Accordingly, there are numerous studies which try to prove that cloud computing can reduce carbon dioxide emissions up to more than half of the current carbon dioxide emissions. In this paper, two of such studies where reviewed to assess whether cloud computing is indeed a viable candidate for limiting and reducing the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the IT industry. All the information gathered in this paper prove that; cloud computing is a promising technology which could reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The percentage of decrease can range from 10% to 90%. The effectiveness of the carbon dioxide emission reduction process is highly dependent on the size of the business organization. Accordingly the size of the organization is negatively correlated to the efficiency of carbon dioxide reduction. This means that as the size of the organization increase, carbon dioxide emission reduction decrease. This paper also presented the four reasons why cloud computing can reduce carbon dioxide emissions, which are: dynamic provisioning, multi-tenancy, server utilization, and data center efficiency.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6566/41131
Uncontrolled Keywords:	carbon dioxide emissions, green computing, cloud computing
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) > T10.5 Communication of technical information
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System
Depositing User:	Prof Asadullah Shah
Date Deposited:	05 Apr 2015 14:46
Last Modified:	25 Jan 2021 16:10
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/41131

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