Sustainability
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European data centres using water cooling consume an average of 26 million litres per megawatt of power each year.
Cloud experts dig into claims that Amazon Web Services has pulled off the incredible feat of almost eliminating AI emissions by moving clients' workloads from on-premises infrastructure to its data centres
"I don't think there's enough energy in the world for what we're going to need for AI."
"It’s clear that ESG reporting is going to fall under greater scrutiny — which means that the dotted line that exists between finance, sustainability and audit teams needs to be strengthened"
Globally, natural catastrophes caused $100 billion in insured losses this year alone, with “at least” $12 billion of these total insured losses attributed to flood-related events.
"As consumers we all need to look at that consumption and usage data as our baseline... and then design and deliver more efficient digital systems and services"
"We believe that companies should be able to claim they’re net zero if they’re fully committed to decarbonization..."