How does the Internet affect the environment?

On Earth Day (April 22), the technology community has come up with a discussion about whether the Internet has a positive or negative impact on the environment, through very specific and easy-to-imagine examples.

Internet with modern life. Illustration.

On the negative side, many data centers that host websites and services on the Internet are significant causes of harm to the environment, even though big tech companies like Google and Facebook are trying to change this. through new "green" technologies for their server systems.

In addition, environmental organization Greenpeace warned that some technology firms make people " dirty energy addiction " and increase energy consumption by about 12% per year.

Because every time we go online, the fascinating pleasures of the Internet make everyone stick with the computer, and hence lead to huge electricity consumption, because in addition to the power supplied to the user, then Network services also consume a small amount of electricity to meet the user requirements from the network community.

On the positive side, however, the Internet also has a better impact on the environment.

For example, when the network is running smoothly like today, many people follow the "WFH" (Work from Home) style - they don't have to go to company headquarters to work, but it is possible Stay at home to carry out your projects.

Since then, the Internet has helped to reduce the number of vehicles on the road, and limit the harmful effects to the environment.

In addition, the Internet is also one of the most popular and effective means of disseminating the messages of preserving and protecting the environment to numerous members of the society.

Thanks to this convenient connection network, the awareness education programs of environmental organizations have been widely deployed and created many positive effects.