by Susannah Hill | Oct 24, 2024 | Blog
Hi Watchers! This month brings the report from The Guardian that greenhouse gas emissions from the big tech companies’ owned data centers are 662% higher than reported. This problem is down to renewable energy credits (RECs). RECs emerged as a way to fund the...
by Susannah Hill | Oct 24, 2024 | Blog
Hi Watchers! Do you think that carbon-free power from nuclear generation makes possible data center growth that would otherwise be impossible? Amazon and Microsoft are investing in new nuclear generation, and it may be their only path to fully powering their...
by Susannah Hill | Aug 12, 2024 | Blog
Hi Watchers! The Hyperscaler Sustainability Scorecard published one year ago by SDX Central is some excellent reporting on the ESG of the Big 3 cloud computing brands. The article is a valuable examination of the public information around data center impact....
by Susannah Hill | Aug 12, 2024 | Blog
https://8billiontrees.com/carbon-offsets-credits/carbon-ecological-footprint-calculators/carbon-footprint-of-data-centers/ Hi Watchers! 8 Billion Trees published a good analysis of data center environmental impact in May. It covers the essentials of data enter...
by Susannah Hill | Aug 10, 2024 | Blog
Hi Watchers! Welcome our newest group member, Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart. Eduardo publishes a fantastic blog, “Musings from California – the Energy Transition.” https://pelegri.substack.com Eduardo and I are Commissioners on the Environmental Quality...
