Digital technologies are a key tool for decarbonising the economy but they also devour vast amounts of energy. Every process -including the transfer, processing and storage of data and the production of devices- uses energy, mainly obtained from fossil fuels.
ICT are responsible for between 5% and 9% of global electricity use (nearly 10% in the EU) and around 3% of greenhouse gas emissions (4.2% in the EU). According to the 2022 Strategic Foresight Report, unless digital technologies are made more energy-efficient, their widespread use will increase energy ...
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