Can we stream more video with less CO2?

Written by Elodie Levrel 

The Environmental Impact of Video Streaming: A Growing Concern

The environmental impact of the digital industry and its global equipment usage has become a significant concern, contributing approxmately 3.8% of global Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, as reported by GreenIT.fr. Within this digital ecosystem, video streaming, thought currently a smaller fraction of the digital industry’s carbon footprint, is exapnding rapidly. 

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