The future of the internet is… streetlights?

2019-8-3 13:48

Despite its apparent omnipresence, the internet is only available to around half of the world’s population. Whatever estimate you choose, billions are without the basic internet access we take for granted in more developed countries.

This means that, if we are to achieve digital equality, these billions of people will need access. If you couple this with growing interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), and the tens of billions of devices expected to be connected to the internet in the next few years, then the strain on the world’s energy supply will be vast. Research has suggested that global internet…

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