A Sustainable Green Approach to the Virtualized Environment in Cloud Computing

Abstract

Cloud technology is a dynamic industry of communication and information technology (especially the Internet) that has revolutionized current computing while also introducing new environmental concerns. The cloud is a huge improvement over the conventional computing as it has redesigned the way businesses operate. With the cloud, the information is virtualized and reduces the need of infrastructural based model. Businesses can operate through this tangible area, significantly reducing energy consumption and the need for excessive material resources. In recent years, computational technologies and ideas have transitioned to distant data centers and pay-per-use hardware and software solutions. However, as the number of information centers supporting cloud-based applications grows, vast quantities of energy are consumed, resulting to high prices and greenhouse emissions in the atmosphere. Going green emerged as a viable solution to this challenge. Green computing is a study field that intends to overcome energy and climate issues. Green sustainable cloud technology aims to accomplish not only effective processing and computing environment usage, but also to improve energy efficiency. This paper will address the possibilities of sustainable cloud technology, emerging developments, and strategies to increase data center efficiency, which also will minimize carbon emissions. This creates research hurdles when such power devices are necessary to reduce the negative environmental effect of cloud technology.