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EnvironmentDecember 01, 2025

Eco-friendly Data: Compress to Save Energy

Digital carbon footprint is real. How smaller files contribute to a greener internet.

Eco-friendly Data: Compress to Save Energy

The Cloud Uses Coal

We think of the internet as magical air, but it runs on physical servers that consume massive amounts of electricity for cooling and processing.

The Data Transfer Cost

Every time you stream a 1GB video, that data has to travel through routers, switches, and sub-sea cables, all of which use power. The larger the file, the higher the energy cost.

Compressed = Green

By compressing your video from 500MB to 50MB before you share it, you generate 10x less network traffic. If everyone did this, the global energy reduction would be significant.

VideoLite helps you reduce your Digital Carbon Footprint effortlessly.


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