Research: Continuous upgrades to datacentre virtualisation setups key to curbing carbon emissions A VMware-commissioned report by Aurora Energy Research highlights environmental benefits that can be attained by operators taking steps to continually improve their datacentre virtualisation setups Share this item with your network: By Published: 15 Mar 2021 12:00 Ramping up the use of virtualisation technologies within European datacentres could lead to a 55% reduction in carbon emissions by 2040, whereas if current deployment levels were to remain as they are, emissions would increase by more than 250% over the next 20 years. That is according to a report compiled by market watcher Aurora Energy Research, looking into how the growing demand for cloud and online services could impact the electricity consumption and carbon emissions of datacentres across Europe.