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Lower carbon emissions for your applications ✅

Cloud computing and its viability continue to be a topic we all keep at the top of the list. This is even more relevant when considering our application's emissions, costs, and optimization. Let's dive a little deeper into the subject.

Cloud computing is not as vaporous as its name suggests, and neither is the internet that cloud computing enables. The internet is powered by millions of servers. Servers are based in either a large data center or located at the edge. The energy required to power these large energy-intensive computers is the cause of approximately 1% of carbon emissions worldwide and continues to grow.

One of the first steps to optimizing your cloud usage for lower carbon emissions and cost reduction is understanding what solutions are available to you as a developer. And one of those tools is a PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service).

Let's take a look at how a PaaS versus IaaS can help you lower carbon emissions in the cloud while optimizing your application.

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