PICKY NICKY’S DATA ON DATA
The size of an average web page has increased four-fold between 2010 and 2020
In rich countries, 84 per cent of the population now uses a smartphone, which consumes significantly less electricity than desktop computers, but moves much of the computational effort to data centres Accessing the internet through a cellular network requires roughly 20 times more power than through Wifi
Software upgrades have substantial bandwidth requirements so each rollout involves a great many gigabytes
Energy is consumed not only when connected devices are used, but also when they are manufactured and recycled