Digital and internet impact on the environment by resource usage in France 2020

With a growing worry about human impact on the environment, internet technologies have become a potential solution to reduce the footprint of physical technologies. However, according to the source, which assessed the impact of the fabrication and usage of digital and internet technologies on energy depletion, greenhouse gas emissions, water and other resources, internet users accounted for 64 percent of the total energy consumption of digital technology in France in 2020. Furthermore, the users were also responsible for 91 percent of water consumption of digital technology production and usage. Networks accounted for 15 percent of the depletion of abiotic resources.

Resource depletion percentage of internet users, networks and data centers in France in 2020, by type of resource

Characteristic	Energy	Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG)	Water	Other resources*
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January 2021

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France

Survey time period

2020

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The source adds the following information:

* This indicator of contribution to the depletion of abiotic resources only takes into account the resources "Matter". Fossil energy, which is also an abiotic resource, is not taken into account. On the other hand, the petroleum, if it is used to make plastic, is taken into account.

** The data centers considered are only those operating in France. The weight of the centers IT would be slightly higher (by a few %) if we included all those used by the French and which are partly located abroad.

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