A team of researchers including Eric Masanet at Northwestern University, Arman Shehabi at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Jonathan Koomey at Stanford University wrote an article in the current issue of the refereed journal Nature Climate Change, summarizing the key factors affecting the greenhouse gas emissions associated with data centers, and offers suggestions to prioritize how best to reduce those emissions.
Read his post summarizing the article here: www.koomey.com/post/54013825367.