Apparently officials in the UK discovered that one of their supercomputers used to model climate change is one of the worst contributors to “pollution” in the UK. First, you have to consider CO2 to be a pollutant in order to see the irony here. Second, environmentalist are aiming their sights on datacenters and cloud providers. Here’s the deal. Say we rolled back the clock and used people, lead pencils, paper, and slide rulers to perform these calculations. Also assume we have to feed, house, and transport these people. My guess is that the supercomputer and datacenter would come out far ahead in terms of CO2 contribution. That’s just a guess.