TATE CANTRELL CTO , VERNE GLOBAL physically be covered with renewable energy like wind and solar ; making efforts to address the embedded carbon of server hardware , building , construction , electrical infrastructure , and backup power equipment ; making efforts to remove diesel or gas-fired generators ; making efforts to address water consumption in cooling-systems as well as removing cooling-fluids & gases with high global warming potential .”

Despite many claims of sustainability - claims which Schulz informs me tend to focus purely on energy efficiency , to the exclusion of the factors he mentioned above - there ’ s “ a basic lack of transparency ” in the way that environmental impact is reported . “ The reporting of real measurements , such

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