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Sustainability Watch
Advocacy to address the climate impact of cloud computing, AI, and data centers
The environmental impact of cloud computing has been an afterthought.
Times have changed.
Are you part of the problem?
Your company’s online computing takes a bite out of the world’s power supply, uses up drinking water, and emits carbon dioxide.
Most organizations and their tech teams don’t consider environmental harm when making decisions about cloud computing. Solutions like low-carbon data centers, green software design, efficient AI use, and emissions tracking all exist today. But it takes technology decision makers to adopt these options and reverse the mounting damage from data centers, AI, and cloud computing.
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Recent Headlines
The environmental impact of cloud computing, AI, and data centers is a breaking news topic. Here is a collection of recent articles from leading publications that add to the public conversation and spur action.
Three New York Cities’ Worth of Power: AI Is Stressing the Grid
The Wall Street Journal | September 28, 2024
Data center water usage remains hidden
Data Centre Dynamics | October 21, 2024
Noisy, Hungry Data Centers Are Catching Communities by Surprise
The New York Times | September 15, 2024
Microsoft wants Three Mile Island to fuel its AI power needs
The Verge | September 20, 2024
Amazon, Google pick nuclear option to power AI data center demands
SDXCentral | October 21, 2024
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?
The Guardian | September 15, 2024
Microsoft wants Three Mile Island to fuel its AI power needs
The Verge | September 20, 2024
Microsoft wants Three Mile Island to fuel its AI power needs
The Verge | September 20, 2024
Microsoft wants Three Mile Island to fuel its AI power needs
The Verge | September 20, 2024
Microsoft wants Three Mile Island to fuel its AI power needs
The Verge | September 20, 2024
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AWS wants you to do some green software design
The hyperscalers are working to convince their customers to be highly efficient because demand is outstripping supply. We should do it.
ExxonMobil builds gas plants for data centers and locks in customers for 30 years
ExxonMobil announced it will build gas-fueled electric plants. And it’s because of data centers.
A photonic chip to vastly reduce the energy demands of AI computations
A photonic chip invention uses light to run all types of neural network computations at very low energy use rates and with speed and accuracy comparable to existing AI chips.