The article, titled ‘Decoding the digital carbon footprint: exposing the global data challenge’, tackles the issue of dark data – forgotten information that continues to drain energy – and reveals its hidden environmental impact.
It explores the problems associated with our ever-growing digital footprint and how organisations can take proactive steps towards digital decarbonisation.
The article also highlights how the digital decarbonisation toolkit – developed at Loughborough – can support organisations to understand and address the impact of data on carbon dioxide emissions.
You can read the full piece on The Chronicle of Higher Education website.