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Green Software is Event Driven and Carbon Aware, with Kubernetes and KEDA

Xebia

And it is not slowing down, with some research forecasting that computing will contribute 14% of global emissions by 2040. Here, we defined the AWS SQS Queue trigger and told it to strive for 50 messages in the queue. Did you know that data centres emit more carbon than aviation or shipping?

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The Environmental Impact of the Tech Industry

Tandem

Right now, the ICT sector makes up over 2% of global emissions, but if trends continue, by 2040 it will constitute 15% of global emissions: equivalent to half of the entire world’s transportation sector emissions. Our Industry’s Impact on Carbon Emissions. An Increasing Number of Devices Means An Increased Need for Energy.

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Google Sustainability Efforts in the Cloud Now Claim to be “Carbon Intelligent”

ParkMyCloud

When comparing the big three cloud providers in terms of sustainability efforts, AWS is by far the largest source of carbon emissions from the cloud globally, due to its dominance.

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The executive’s guide to generative AI for sustainability

AWS Machine Learning - AI

You can use resources such as the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative or the AWS Data Exchange to simplify and expedite the acquisition and analysis of comprehensive datasets. Figure 4 illustrates the AWS generative AI stack as of 2023, which offers a set of capabilities that encompass choice, breadth, and depth across all layers.

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Do Cloud Providers Care About Green Computing?

ParkMyCloud

Environmental groups like Greenpeace have accused major cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) of not doing enough for the environment when operating data centers. Data Center Sustainability Projects from AWS. So, how much of this commitment has AWS been able to achieve and is it enough?

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Green Tech Best Practices

Apiumhub

According to researchers, software is expected to account for 14% of the world’s carbon footprint by 2040. Consider serverless architectures like AWS Lambda or Azure Functions, which can automatically scale to match the workload, reducing idle resource consumption. Serverless Computing. Virtualization and Containerization.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For August 3rd, 2018

High Scalability

trillion : projected 2040 space economy revenue; Quotable Quote: @BrianRoemmele : This shift away from affiliate compensation for IOS app sales will have a rather large impact on niche apps. . $1 trillion : Apple; 45 : mean founder age for fastest growing new ventures; 1 trillion : files created by Trinity in 2 minutes; $3.93