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I think the big picture is that things do have to change. its completely unsustainable to continue on this path of growth, growth, growth, and especially with data centres who use an awful lot of fossil fuel energy at the moment, as well as water. and those are very precious resources. for a new industry, the clouds impact in ireland has been remarkable. now there are more than 70 data centres, and they use ia% of the countrys electricity. if the rise in data centres goes unchecked, then by 2030...

A villain�*s secret lair, but this is part of the cloud. welcome. thank you. its quite a place! it is an amazing place. extraordinary. im richard. pleased to meet you. welcome. nice to meet you as well. this bunker near stavanger was built to store weapons for nato. now it stores data. and you can hear the bustling above us. here is the high—voltage transformers delivering power to the data centre. they like power, dont they, data centres? we... its a power—intensive industry. we need a lo...

It is going to be a bit cloudy, particularly across northern and western parts of the country. the best of the sunshine in the south—east of the uk, and, in fact, this is where the skies have been clearing. you can see all the cloud piling into north—western areas, milder conditions here, too, with these south—westerly winds, and bits and pieces of rain through the early hours. but where the clear skies have developed across southern parts of england, the temperatures will be lowest, first...

Now, the estimates vary, but, globally, the cloud is thought to be responsible for between a quarter and 1.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions. thats at least 100 million tonnes a year. in some ways, you could say dont get too fixated by the numbers. you can see the trends, and the trends are very clear. we know its significant. theres enough data out there to act on. this vast, power—hungry industry didnt even exist two decades ago. its growing all the time to keep up with demand. right now, w...

And there are a0 servers in there and a0 servers in there, and hundreds and thousands all the way down here. worldwide, the cloud relies on a network of millions and millions of computer servers. we have been inside a data room today, and if i switch off the power to that data room, we have 20,000 people that are not able to work. they need those servers, the application that is running on those servers, in order to do their daily work. do you think the environmental footprint of data centres is...

The pressure on resources will grow. so, do we need to change? i think the genie has got out of the bottle. were not going to go back to the stone age. and a lot of the stuff is wonderful, its good fun, its necessary for ourjobs. i think what we can all do in terms of personal responsibility is keep an eye on our usage, but more importantly, just campaign for more green energy within the data centre in the cloud industry. there are so many positives to the cloud. # blue skies smiling at me # not...

By a crowd waving flags. the us secretary of state says their release is a constructive step towards addressing human rights abuses. now on bbc news, panorama. the cloud. its changed the world by helping us live online. netflix, amazon, emails, texts. so a lot of your life is on the cloud? yeah. its all up there. but whats the cloud doing to the planet? a large data centre would consume the same amount of electricity as a very large town. we investigate the new environmental threat we all help c...

Here in las vegas, inside the luxor casino and hotel. we are about to get started with our mario kart tournament saturday night speedway. in this world, then, how big is the cloud? how important is it? 0bviously, cloud saves are really important when it comes to saving your data or your settings, all your characters. all that stuff gets pulled. its all on the cloud? yeah. chatter and here, its not just the gameplay that happens on the cloud. the gaming and the events in here is also being stream...

A hosepipe ban. but iao data centres still got their supply. thames says its now reviewing the centres water consumption. this is staines in west london. data centres are moving in, and that means theres not enough power to go around. new homes were put on hold because of the cloud. developers were told by planners they could be delayed for years. data centres have definitely stifled the delivery of housing and the speed at which we can deliver new housing in this part of the capital. were looki...

It is going to be a bit cloudy, across northern and western parts of the country. the best of the sunshine in the south—east of the uk, and, in fact, this is where the skies have been clearing. you can see all the cloud piling into north—western areas, milder conditions here too over the south—westerly winds, and bits and pieces of rain through the early hours. but where the clear skies have developed across southern parts of england, the temperatures will be lowest first thing on friday, ...