Smartphones and data centers harm the environment, study shows

• Data centres and smartphones will be the most damaging information and communications technologies to the environment by 2040, according to new research.
• For every text message, for every phone call, every video you upload or download, there's a data centre making this happen. Telecommunications networks and data centres consume a lot of energy to serve you and most data centres continue to be powered by electricity generated by fossil fuels. It's the energy consumption we don't see.
• Among all the devices, trends suggest that by 2020, the most damaging devices to the environment are smartphones. While smartphones consume little energy to operate, 85% of their emissions impact comes from production.

SOURCE : SCIENCE DAILY