Gartner writes, I calculate Written on August 6, 2008, by Ingeborg.
“The carbon footprint of internet, is as big as the one by world’s aviation,” Gartner says. I did some calculations on the energy bill of Telecom Italia (incl. office electricity, heating, maintenance that make the datatransport happen) and divided it by the total of mb’s they transport. Downloading a movie of 700 Mb costs them 2,6 kWh. Same as leaving your pc on 24/7 for a whole week!