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Making The Cloud Sustainable

The Horizons Tracker

The sector has made considerable strides in recent years to become more energy efficient. This is highlighted by the fact that despite the volume of work done by data centers rising by 500% between 2010 and 2018, energy consumption only grew by 6%. The servers were initially installed in 2018 and were connected to land by cable.

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What Prompts Investments In Energy Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

Recent research from the University of Oxford argued that decarbonizing the global economy would provide a $12 trillion boost by 2050 due to the improving efficiencies of renewable sources of energy. billion in 2018. In China, for instance, spending on fossil fuel innovation grew from just $90 million in 2001 to $1.673 billion in 2018.

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Investing In AI Helps Big Firms Get Bigger

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers found that the firms investing most in AI technology also had the highest growth rates between 2010 and 2018, with a one-standard-deviation increase in the share of AI workers linked to a 16% growth in sales. It’s possible that it will take longer to see improvements in efficiency.”

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When Companies Want to Innovate, But Investors Won’t Let Them

Harvard Business Review

As of Aug 7 2018, Tesla’s market capitalization (USD 64.75B) exceeded that of BMW (USD 64.36B), despite BMW’s comparable production levels and deliveries of electric cars and significantly higher profits (net income of 10.3B for Tesla as of June 30, 2018). for BMW versus -2.7B

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 7 Years

Harvard Business Review

In the second quarter of 2018, its international streaming revenues exceeded domestic streaming revenues for the first time. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. For example, its earliest international expansion, in 2010, was to Canada, which is geographically close to and shares many similarities with the United States.

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 8 Years

Harvard Business Review

In the second quarter of 2018, its international streaming revenues exceeded domestic streaming revenues for the first time. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. For example, its earliest international expansion, in 2010, was to Canada, which is geographically close to and shares many similarities with the United States.

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The Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2010

Harvard Business Review

Here's my attempt to capture what I see as the most important stories affecting the greening of business in 2010. Germany, not really the sunniest country in the world, added 1% of its electric needs in solar in 2010 alone (it took 10 years to get the first 1% online, and just 8 months for the second 1%). trillion by 2020. Enough said.