Posts by Susannah Hill
Our Panel at San Francisco Climate Week
Hi Watchers! The Cloud Sustainability Watch panel on sustainable computing at SF Climate Week went well! The incredible panelists shared insights and the discussions formed a richly informative education on why applications on the cloud must become more sustainable and how it should be done. They were Allegra Reister of Google Sustainability talking about green…
Read MoreCarbone4’s evaluation of customer emissions tracking dashboards from hyperscalers
The team at the French consulting firm Carbone4 did a valuable analysis of the emissions calculators available to customers at: AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, and OVHCloud.
Read MoreData Centers Disrupt Communities
A difficult fact of siting data centers is that nearby communities endure high water consumption, impacts of power supply, exposure to noise from cooling systems, and the eyesore of the facility. Community members often object to data center construction while local governments are frequently welcoming.
Read MoreThe Big 3 Cloud Providers
The size, growth and influence of AWS, Azure, and GCP—the Big 3 brands and market leaders in global cloud computing services—create an obligation to invest as much money and attention as possible into reducing environmental impact in the face of exploding market demand.
Read MoreWhy do data centers impact the environment?
Professionally run data centers are the most power-efficient and carbon-efficient method of delivering the world’s computing at this time. McKinsey & Company’s 2023 report “Cloud-powered technologies for sustainability” estimates that in 2050, cloud usage will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5GtCO2e annually compared to staying with existing data center decisions.
Read MoreThe environmental impact of cloud computing
Cloud computing’s data center operators and IT professionals are responsible for bringing the environmental impact of the cloud to heel. These groups built out the cloud computing industry, and their daily decisions steer its direction.
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