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What is Digital sobriety? Definition and explanations

Digital sobriety means reducing the environmental footprint of computing by questioning the need before optimising the technology: extending equipment lifespan, lightening pages and media, limiting needless storage and transfers, sizing servers to actual demand. Manufacturing the hardware often weighs more than the electricity it consumes.

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Digital sobriety reduces computing's environmental footprint by questioning the need first.

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