The Carbon Emissions of Server Computing for Small- to Medium-Sized Organizations

NRDC and WSP Environment & Energy, LLC (WSP) launched this study to uncover the key factors that determine how on-premise and cloud computing compare from a carbon emissions and an energy efficiency perspective. The study compares the estimated effi ciency of four commonly used small-to-medium-sized organizations (SMO) software applications against fi ve computing deployment scenarios.

Author(s): WSP Environment and Energy, LLC Natural Resources Defense Council

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