On Global Electricity Usage of Communication Technology: Trends to 2030

On Global Electricity Usage of Communication Technology: Trends to 2030

This work presents an estimation of the global electricity usage that can be ascribed to Communication Technology (CT) between 2010 and 2030. The scope is three scenarios for use and production of consumer devices, communication networks and data centers. Three different scenarios, best, expected, a...

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Main Authors: Anders S. G. Andrae, Tomas Edler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-04-01
Series:Challenges
Subjects:
communication networks
consumer devices
data centers
data traffic
electricity usage
electricity efficiency
electricity intensity
greenhouse gases
voice traffic
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/6/1/117

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