The cloud has emerged as the go-to data storage solution for businesses that want to cut costs while improving scalability and flexibility.
In addition to these benefits, cloud storage can also help make businesses greener. A company can reduce the overall amount of energy needed for data storage by switching from on-premise to the cloud. This helps slash its carbon footprint and become more sustainable.
There’s also evidence that the cloud is likely to become even greener over the next few years, which is important because data storage isn’t usually thought of as requiring large amounts of energy, but data centers can be extremely power-hungry.
On-premise storage is often less efficient than cloud storage. Business-owned data centers often have much lower utilization than public cloud options because equipment is purchased and provisioned in anticipation of usage spikes. Storage and computing capacity must exceed typical usage needs when on-site.
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