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Can Cloud Computing Make the Internet Greener? This content requires a paid GigaOM Pro subscription

  • Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Can cloud computing do more than just serve up infrastructure and services on demand? Can it also make the Internet more energy efficient?

The power of cloud computing can offer web companies access to a massive amount of Internet infrastructure and services on demand. But can it also make computing and the Internet more energy efficient? Some analysts are starting to think so, due to the cloud's fundamental use of shared infrastructure, multiple-user environments and economies of scale.

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