Jayalath, TChathumali, E. J. A. P. CKothalawala, K. R. MKuruwitaarachchi, N2022-06-072022-06-072019-03https://rda.sliit.lk/handle/123456789/2591With cloud computing emerging as a trending topic, it has been a major point o f discussion for the last few years. In regards to technological advancements, the associated shortcomings like environmental footprint caused by them also become an affair o f high significance. Cloud computing itself is a much greener alternative to individual data centers with lesser number o f servers being used and cloud data centers being far more efficient than those o f traditional thereby reducing the carbon impact. Nonetheless, it cannot be neglected the fact that the data centers utilized by the cloud vendors are still a major source o f carbon emissions due to the dirty energy usage. Therefore, the discussion o f the paper is based on how green the foremost cloud providers are and the implementations o f green IT attributes in the cloud infrastructure.enCloud ComputingGreen Cloud ComputingEnergy EfficiencyPower ManagementVirtualizationResource ManagementVirtualMachine(VM)Article10.23919/SCSE.2019.8842817