Data centres that store and power websites consume about one percent of all the electricity used across the entire globe.

Think of every website as a physical file stored in a giant, humming warehouse called a data centre. These massive complexes never sleep. They run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, demanding constant power to keep their computers running and cool. Because of this, these data hubs now eat up a whopping one percent of the world's total electricity. As we build heavier websites, this energy hunger only grows.