Sustainably Digital: Part One – Why is Sustainable Tech so important?

Cold, Hard, and quite frankly Frightening Facts 😱 

• The Hidden Power behind ‘The Cloud’: It turns out, the cloud isn’t cute and fluffy. The cloud relies on millions of hard-wired servers that require a ton of energy to run, most of which, unfortunately, comes from fossil fuels. At Cantarus, we're mindful of these concerns and are dedicated to exploring and implementing more sustainable solutions, ensuring that our services through Kalani and Umbraco remain appealing and conscientious choices for our clients.
• The Email Avalanche: Does your inbox often feel overwhelming? Well, it’s no wonder, when a whopping 361.6 billion emails are sent per day. Every single email uses electricity, and a typical office worker sends and receives roughly 140 emails a day, creating as much CO2 a year as flying from London to Bruges, or watching 955 movies. To put it into a bit more perspective, 32 billion trees would need to be planted per year to offset pollution produced by unopened attachments, unread emails, and spam. 
• Bloated Webpages: In 2005, the average webpage size was 400kb. Fast-forward to 2022, and it ballooned to 2.2MB. This exponential growth in data consumption has contributed significantly to environmental strain. 
• Energy Consumption Levels: Digital technology’s energy consumption increased by almost 70% between 2013 and 2020. 
• Unused Digital Data: Up to 90% of digital data goes unused. If data wasn’t stored, energy costs could be massively saved.