https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Discussions/Sustainable-Repository-Infrastructure-and-Data-Analytics/m-p/257504#M189 <P><SPAN>Emerging metrics on cloud storage emissions indicate that the carbon footprints associated with preserving massive institutional datasets and high-performance computing clusters present a significant, often unmonitored environmental cost for research libraries. How is your library balancing long-term digital preservation and active data curation mandates with the environmental necessity of reducing server storage loads?</SPAN></P> Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:37:21 GMT TracyAntonioli 2026-07-03T11:37:21Z https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Discussions/Sustainable-Repository-Infrastructure-and-Data-Analytics/m-p/257504#M189 <P><SPAN>Emerging metrics on cloud storage emissions indicate that the carbon footprints associated with preserving massive institutional datasets and high-performance computing clusters present a significant, often unmonitored environmental cost for research libraries. How is your library balancing long-term digital preservation and active data curation mandates with the environmental necessity of reducing server storage loads?</SPAN></P> Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:37:21 GMT https://www.googleforeducommunity.com/t5/Discussions/Sustainable-Repository-Infrastructure-and-Data-Analytics/m-p/257504#M189 TracyAntonioli 2026-07-03T11:37:21Z