We are seeing big global media buzz today around the launch of our campaign urging tech giants Apple, Microsoft and Amazon to clean up our data clouds. If you want in depth information on the campaign you can go here: Tell Apple, Amazon and Microsoft you want a cleaner cloud.
Here’s a good sample of the first day of media if you’re interested in learning more about the issue:
NY Times: Online Cloud Services Rely on Coal or Nuclear Power, Report Says
Wired: Greenpeace: Apple Fuels iCloud With Dirty, Dirty Coal
Silicon Valley’s Mercury News: Cleaner clouds needed at Apple, Amazon and Twitter, Greenpeace says
Washington Post: Data centers in Va. and elsewhere have major carbon footprint, report says
GigaOm: Greenpeace slams Apple despite its clean power data center plans
GeekWire: Microsoft reaches carbon goal, but Greenpeace says its cloud is still too dirty
The Guardian: Apple defends green credentials of cloud computing services
AFP: Amazon, Apple, Twitter score low on clean energy: study
Bloomberg: Greenpeace Says Apple, Amazon Clouds Are Dirty, But They Disagree
Canada.com: Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter among companies using ‘dirty’ cloud technology: Greenpeace
Seattle Times: Amazon, Microsoft low on Greenpeace clean-energy ‘cloud’ index
The Climate Desk: How Dirty is the Cloud?
Here’s a great video report filed by the Climate Desk that explains the connection between Duke Energy coal power plants in North Carolina and Apple:
