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Verizon said it will cut its CO2 intensity by half...

Verizon said it will cut its CO2 intensity by half by 2020, as part of the company’s sustainability effort. Carbon intensity is the amount of energy needed to move data across Verizon’s network. It’s improved by reducing the absolute amount…

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of energy and by moving more data with the same unit of energy. Verizon is using its 2009 carbon intensity level as the benchmark for the company’s 50 percent reduction by 2020, the company said. “This is the era of big data,” said Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam. “We're committed to innovating our way to growing responsibly by becoming more energy efficient, even as our business expands."