The Story of Send | An Email’s Journey

You send and receive a lot of emails every day. But have you ever wondered where your message goes after you hit “send?”

How does an email travel from your computer to your friend’s computer/tab/smartphone across the country or around the world?

Google is answering those questions with Story of Send.

This new website that gives you a behind-the-scenes look into how all that virtual information makes its journey through the real world—from your Internet service provider to our data centers and beyond.

Here you can see how Google purchase clean energy from wind farms near their data centers.

Google says that ,they are using 50% less energy than a typical data center.

Along the way, you’ll discover everything from where Google filters for spam and scan for viruses to how they are minimizing their impact on the environment through energy efficiency and renewable power.

Google says "Google is creating a better web that's better for the environment. We’re greening our company by using resources efficiently and supporting renewable power. That means when you use Google products, you’re being better to the environment."