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Excess memes, photos and ‘reply all’ emails are bad for climate, finds study

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Prof Ian Hodgkinson from Loughborough University has been studying the climate impact of “dark data’ and how it can be reduced.

68% of data used by companies is never used again, and estimates that personal data tells the same story.

By 2030 , the National Grid anticipates that datacentres will account for just under 6% of the UK ’s electricity consumption.

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