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001			on1396819770
003			OCoLC
005			20230912105309.0
008			230912t20232023vraab b 000 0 eng d
040			_aNFG _beng _cNFG
020			_a9781957363011
020			_a1957363010
035			_a(OCoLC)1396819770
092			_a004.0286 _bP686
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aPitron, Guillaume, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDark cloud : _bthe hidden costs of the digital world / _cGuillaume Pitron ; translated by Bianca Jacobsohn.
264		1	_aBrunswick, Victoria ; _aLondon ; _aMinneapolis, Minnesota : _bScribe Publications, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2023
300			_a290 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aTranslated from the French.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Chapter one. The digital world's environmental benefits: fiction vs. fact -- Chapter two. Smartphones and the art of Zen -- Chapter three. The dark matter of a digital world -- Chapter four. Investigating a cloud -- Chapter five. An appalling waste of electricity -- Chapter six. Battle of the far north -- Chapter seven. Expansion of the digital universe -- Chapter eight. When robots out-pollute humans -- Chapter nine. Twenty thousand tentacles under the sea -- Chapter ten. The geopolitics of digital infrastructures -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Appendixes -- Notes.
520			_a"A gripping new investigation into the underbelly of digital technology, which addresses the pressing question of the carbon footprint it leaves behind. In a sort of news thriller, the author reveals not only how costly the virtual world is, but how damaging it is to the environment. A simple 'like' sent from our smartphones mobilises what will soon constitute the largest infrastructure built by man. This small notification, crossing the seven operating layers of the Internet, travels around the world, using submarine cables, telephone antennas, and data centres, going as far as the Arctic Circle. It turns out that the 'dematerialised' digital world, essential for communicating, working, and consuming, is much more tangible than we would like to believe. Today, it absorbs 10 per cent of the world's electricity and represents nearly 4 per cent of the planet's carbon dioxide emissions. We are struggling to understand these impacts, as they are obscured to us in the mirage of 'the cloud'"--Publisher's description.
650		0	_aComputer systems _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aTechnology _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aInformation technology _xManagement. _998792
650		0	_aData processing service centers _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aEnvironmental responsibility. _998285
650		0	_aSocial responsibility of business. _959790
650		0	_aInternet of things _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aBig data _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aArtificial intelligence _xEnvironmental aspects.
700	1		_aJacobsohn, Bianca, _etranslator.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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