Green Archiving
Data volumes are growing at an astronomical pace — and so is their environmental footprint. In this talk, Morgan Attias explores what it truly means to manage electronic archiving in an eco-responsible way: from understanding carbon impact and avoiding greenwashing, to concrete strategies for hardware, storage media, metadata governance, and lifecycle management.
Key themes covered in this talk
A practical and methodical exploration of green archiving — from macro environmental challenges down to hands-on implementation choices.
Data growth & environmental stakes
Zeta-byte volumes and the rising carbon cost of digital storage.
Avoiding greenwashing
How to verify supplier claims and build a genuine, measurable reduction strategy.
Carbon footprint calculation
Real-world formulas, data from CSC Finland, and what generic calculators miss.
Hardware & storage strategy
Low-power hardware, media types, rationalization — with Infotel lab results.
Metadata & lifecycle governance
Why fewer, well-chosen metadata fields can significantly reduce your footprint.
Concrete reduction results
8–12 W vs 25–35 W: what low-consumption hardware achieves in practice.
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Find all the context, data, and references cited in this presentation in the official Infotel press release on Green Archiving.
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