Post by shakhar23 on Feb 27, 2024 2:19:58 GMT -5
Insatiable demand for popular online apps on the go has created a "time bomb" for cloud services, according to researchers at Australia's University of Melbourne.
The report, The Power of the Wireless Cloud, published by the university's Center for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications, warns that the industry is significantly underestimating energy consumption in the cloud ecosystem as more people access services using portable devices. The report warns that the popularity of services such as Google Apps, Office 365, Amazon Web Services, Facebook, cloud-based office suite Zoho and many others delivered over wireless networks is causing energy consumption to skyrocket.
It is expected that the energy consumption of cloud services, which Saudi Arabia Mobile Number List are accessed via wireless networks will grow to 460 percent between 2012 and 2015, equivalent to 4.9 million new cars on the road. Analysis shows that 90 percent of this energy will come from wireless access network infrastructure, both Wi-Fi and 4G LTE. Data centers, the subject of recent high-profile Greenpeace research and often considered large energy consumers, will make up just 9 percent.
According to CEET Deputy Director Dr Kerry Hinton, today's wireless networks are inherently inefficient. CEET is exploring ways to improve network management to improve energy efficiency.
Hinton believes it's unlikely that people will give up the mobile convenience of wireless services. Another solution, he said, would be to expand the ability to share network resources between users. Even more likely, Hinton argues, is the need for radical improvements in the efficiency of the technology itself, and perhaps a fundamental change in the way data is managed on the global network.
In March, wireless provider Sprint was awarded the 2012 North American Environmental Excellence Award from Frost & Sullivan in recognition of implementing more environmental initiatives than any competing U.S. wireless carrier. The analytics and consulting firm selected Sprint to help achieve its ambitious 10-year environmental goals, which include cutting greenhouse gas emissions by an absolute 20 percent, reducing energy consumption by 15 percent and reducing paper use by 40 percent by 2017.
The report, The Power of the Wireless Cloud, published by the university's Center for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications, warns that the industry is significantly underestimating energy consumption in the cloud ecosystem as more people access services using portable devices. The report warns that the popularity of services such as Google Apps, Office 365, Amazon Web Services, Facebook, cloud-based office suite Zoho and many others delivered over wireless networks is causing energy consumption to skyrocket.
It is expected that the energy consumption of cloud services, which Saudi Arabia Mobile Number List are accessed via wireless networks will grow to 460 percent between 2012 and 2015, equivalent to 4.9 million new cars on the road. Analysis shows that 90 percent of this energy will come from wireless access network infrastructure, both Wi-Fi and 4G LTE. Data centers, the subject of recent high-profile Greenpeace research and often considered large energy consumers, will make up just 9 percent.
According to CEET Deputy Director Dr Kerry Hinton, today's wireless networks are inherently inefficient. CEET is exploring ways to improve network management to improve energy efficiency.
Hinton believes it's unlikely that people will give up the mobile convenience of wireless services. Another solution, he said, would be to expand the ability to share network resources between users. Even more likely, Hinton argues, is the need for radical improvements in the efficiency of the technology itself, and perhaps a fundamental change in the way data is managed on the global network.
In March, wireless provider Sprint was awarded the 2012 North American Environmental Excellence Award from Frost & Sullivan in recognition of implementing more environmental initiatives than any competing U.S. wireless carrier. The analytics and consulting firm selected Sprint to help achieve its ambitious 10-year environmental goals, which include cutting greenhouse gas emissions by an absolute 20 percent, reducing energy consumption by 15 percent and reducing paper use by 40 percent by 2017.