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IEEE Spectrum, Saturday, September 16,2023

Tape Storage Might Be Computing's Climate Savior

Vol 306 · Issue 2 · 2023-09-16

Data storage has long contributed a significant portion of the computing industry's carbon footprint, even representing as much as 1.8 percent of the United States' total electricity consumption in 2014, according to a report by the Berkeley National Laboratory.

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Tape Storage Might Be Computing's Climate Savior