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3 ways to advance sustainability in high performance computing

CIO

The supercomputers that power HPC, however, require more and more energy to operate. For respondents anticipating an HPC budget reduction, the goal is to reallocate dollars to sustainability initiatives. For instance, the power consumption of the world’s fastest supercomputer rose from 7.9MW in 2012 to 29.9MW in 2022.

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The potential for generative AI in government and public services

CIO

In a sector where huge amounts of time and energy are spent on mundane and repetitive tasks, the impact is dramatic. It could aid project managers in identifying how climate events or emerging financial pressures might impact budgets and delivery timelines.

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4 paths to sustainable AI

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Concerns that AI contributes to global warming stem from estimates that GPUs used to develop and keep AI models running use four times as much energy as those serving conventional cloud applications, and that AI could be on track to use as much electricity as Ireland. Think about how much computer and carbon that saved.”

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Why CIOs should invest in digital through economic headwinds

CIO

But released the next day, the 2023 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey revealed that EMEA-based CIOs expect IT budgets to increase 4.4% Digitally reduce energy usage: Gartner believes that CIOs should use cloud, data and analytics to establish a “base load” – an overview of how much energy the organisation has consumed.

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Australian businesses need new servers to drive sustainability and innovation

CIO

However, despite data centres and transmission networks being responsible for nearly 1 per cent of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, a new Deloitte study reports little over half (54 per cent) of businesses have converted to energy-efficient technologies. It’s not just the public sector pushing companies to change.

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Daily Crunch: Apple’s M1 chips have an ‘unpatchable’ hardware vulnerability, say MIT researchers

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Sunny days are here again : India’s SolarSquare has raised $4 million to accelerate the country’s move toward clean energy. Growth marketing experts survey: How would you spend a $75,000 budget in summer 2022? Here’s the good news: Managers can’t slash your respect budget. Jonathan Martinez, founder, JMStrategy.

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What CIOs need to become better enablers of sustainability

CIO

Food and water insecurity will increase, and energy systems, housing stock, insurance, and currency markets will all become more volatile—a worrying set of scenarios for business leaders and boards. And if the world’s temperatures rise by or above 1.5 They can cut costs and generate additional revenue streams.”