Connectivity Needs Bigger Energy Efficiency Focus: FCC's Starks
As telecommunications providers and Big Tech focus on more spectral efficiency and better data throughput, they need simultaneously to focus on energy efficiency and energy consumption issues, FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks said Thursday in an address at the U.S. Tech…
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for Climate Action conference. Better connectivity can help unlock "a massive opportunity to decarbonize," Starks said. He said more connectivity via 5G, fiber deployments and broadband satellites can support more efficient electrical grids and manufacturing processes, smart cities that have cars idling less and better farming practices. But more data sent means more energy consumed, and there should be more focus on better efficiency, he said: "More bits per second for each watt used."