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Why the creation of smart cities requires real-time data processing

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By 2030 it is expected that 28% of people worldwide will live in a city with at least one million inhabitants, according to a report on urbanisation by the Government Office for Science. However, these applications will not operate smoothly unless IoT-based strategies for developing smart cities have a database as their foundation.

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The public sector cannot underestimate computing’s environmental impact

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Computing’s environmental impact on our planet That developer’s laptop doesn’t operate in a vacuum. Under the Paris Climate Agreement, they have pledged to cut emissions by 68% by 2030, a mere 7 years away. million flights annually. To put this in perspective, a single data centre consumes the electricity of 50,000 homes.