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4 paths to sustainable AI

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Everything from geothermal data centers to more efficient graphic processing units (GPUs) can help. The Icelandic data center uses 100% renewably generated geothermal and hydroelectric power. The Icelandic data center uses 100% renewably generated geothermal and hydroelectric power.

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AES enlists AI to boost its sustainable energy business

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The project, dubbed Farseer AI Generation Forecasting and Market Automation Program, was developed by a handful of AES data scientists in partnership with Google. As part of that partnership, Google operates AES’ private cloud platform in its data centers. million in its first year, contributed a $5.5

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Choice Hotels’ all-in cloud journey to sustainable business value

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Kirkland, a founding member of SustainabilityIT.org, an organization to drive global sustainability through technology leadership, says Choice was the first hospitality company to make a strategic commitment to developing a cloud-native and sustainable platform on AWS.

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How the C-Suite Can Champion Sustainability Across the Enterprise

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While CIOs and CTOs play critical roles in a company’s digital transformation efforts , only about half of them are part of their organization’s sustainability goal leadership team , and even fewer are assessed on a company’s achievement of its sustainability goals. Data: Use data to share information around sustainability efforts.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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This includes spending on strengthening cybersecurity (35%), improving customer service (32%) and improving data analytics for real-time business intelligence and customer insight (30%). Cold: On-prem infrastructure As they did in 2022, many IT leaders are reducing investments in data centers and on-prem technologies. “We

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

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You need a leadership team that is supportive, and a board that will back them up. On-prem data centers have an outsized impact on carbon emissions and waste. Choice Hotels’ Kirkland, who will close the company’s last data centers next year, insists any CIO focused on sustainability should go all-in on cloud.

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Digi-Key: Creating magic with multi-cloud

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For example, previously, when a customer in Hong Kong clicked on Digi-Key.com, the total process for the request to reach our Minnesota data center and for Digi-Key to return a response took 7.1 As CIO, I have made transforming the web experience for customers a top priority – and we’ve come a long way. seconds per click today.

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