by Susannah Hill | Nov 26, 2024 | Blog
Hi Watchers! The Cloud Sustainability Watch online library is available on Padlet for you to find everything about environmental issues around online computing, the cloud, GenAI, power generation, and water. Read articles, research, blogs, and listen to podcasts to...
by Susannah Hill | Nov 22, 2024 | Blog
Hi Watchers! This month in speaking engagements, audiences have asked if I’ve heard about community organizers pushing back on new data center facility construction. Our ongoing enjoyment of GenAI will require more data center capacity construction unless new...
by Susannah Hill | Nov 13, 2024 | Blog
Hi Watchers! Frequently in our corner of the sustainability world, someone will say there should be an Energy Star rating for data centers. There is! (link) It is a project that includes the work of the notable Dr. Emma Strubell, whose research on the environmental...
by Susannah Hill | Nov 12, 2024 | Blog
Hi Watchers! What do you think about the feasibility of changing programmer culture to prioritize emissions and power efficiency? The Green Software Foundation promotes sustainability as a core priority for software teams, just as important as performance,...
by Susannah Hill | Nov 9, 2024 | Blog
Recently I attended the conference “AI and the Environment: Sustaining the Common Good” at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, and it was a fantastic gathering of prominent thinkers on the topic. I was star struck meeting Dr....
