Crunching Numbers: The real energy costs behind your digital habits

As you chill over the weekend, here’s a few numbers on your digital energy consumption footprint and how you might choose a lower emissions path.

The stats are sourced from an EU white paper “Assessment of the energy footprint of digital actions and services”, which you can read here.

Source: European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy, Louguet, A., Caspani, M., Pytel, D., et al., Assessment of the energy footprint of digital actions and services, Publications Office of the European Union, 2023,