Gmail and docs in the Cloud: Google will report your carbon footprint

Google's cloud computing division is preparing to reveal the carbon footprint of its Workspace apps, including Gmail and Docs. A set of tools is under development to help customers assess their impact on the environment, including measuring and reducing carbon emissions from using Google Cloud services. Cloud computing is known for the high energy consumption of its data centers around the world, and for years Google has been buying renewable energy offsets to keep pace with usage by its server farms. Workspace carbon data is expected to be available early 2023. Click to read more, Bloomberg article.