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Hard Drives Have Less Environmental Impact Than SSDs, Seagate Says
A new report from Seagate reveals that hard drives significantly outperform solid-state drives in environmental impact metrics, challenging common industry assumptions about storage sustainability. According to Seagate's "Decarbonizing Data" report released this month [PDF], standard hard drives pro...
A new report from Seagate reveals that hard drives significantly outperform solid-state drives in environmental impact metrics, challenging common industry assumptions about storage sustainability. According to Seagate's"Decarbonizing Data" report released this month[PDF], standard hard drives produce just 29.7 kg of embodied carbon dioxide compared to a staggering 4,915 kg for equivalently sized data center SSDs.On a per-terabyte basis, hard drives generate less than 1 kg of CO2/TB versus 160 kg for SSDs. "Hard drives exhibit the least carbon footprint, both in total and on a per-TB basis, offering the most carbon-efficient sustainable storage solution," the report states.
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