Spectrum of transparency
Published in Environment.
More rigorous transparency regulations for negative externalities to force companies to measure, and reduce.
Fighting over who has the greenest public cloud
Published in Cloud, Data Center Energy, Environment.
Public cloud price wars have ended, and a new battle over who is the greenest has begun.
How much energy will 5G consume?
Published in Environment, IT Energy.
5G networks have larger antennas, larger bandwidths, and higher base station density. This means up to x3 more energy consumption. How can the industry expect x20 more energy efficiency by 2030?
Barriers for startups tackling data center energy consumption
Published in Data Center Energy, IT Energy, Startups.
There is scope to start something tackling the problem of data center energy consumption. However, there are significant challenges: how to measure the problem, the uncertainty around the current situation, and the limited number of growth buyers.
Comparing web development: 2009 vs 2020
Published in Product Engineering.
Although writing the code itself is the same, 2020 is a different world compared to 2009. Cloud. Databases. IDEs. How far have we come?
Assessing the suitability of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for calculation of emissions from public cloud computing workloads
Published in Academic Papers, Cloud, Data Center Energy, Environment.
A copy of my paper published in the open-access Journal of Cloud Computing.
Dead references
Published in Writing.
In researching and reading academic papers, even those published this year, I have encountered a major problem: dead references. What can we do about it?
Hiding greenhouse gas emissions in the cloud
Published in Academic Papers, Cloud, Data Center Energy, Environment, IT Energy.
The scientific journal, Nature Climate Change, has published a paper I’ve written about how moving to the cloud can result in greenhouse gas emissions being hidden.
Keep a copy
Published in Privacy, Product Engineering.
The world has moved to a rental model – access is cheaper and content available on demand. But what happens to your data when you get locked out, stop paying or the service goes down? Better to keep a copy and work locally.
How much water do data centers use?
Published in Cloud, Data Center Energy, Data Center Water, Environment, IT Energy.
US data centers are expected to use 660 billion litres of water in 2020. In 2018, Google consumed 15.79bn litres and Microsoft 3.61bn litres, primarily for their data centers. What is this used for and how does it impact the environment?
