Category: Academic Papers
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Network energy use not directly proportional to data volume
It is commonly assumed that data volume and network energy consumption are directly proportional, a notion perpetuated by numerous studies and media coverage. This paper challenges this assumption.
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Sources of data center energy estimates: A comprehensive review
The scientific journal, Joule, has published a paper I’ve co-authored reviewing data center energy estimates between 2007-2021.
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Data centre water consumption
An examination of the water consumption of data centres, the measurement of that consumption, a discussion of the lack of data available to assess water efficiency, and where the industry is going in attempts to reduce future consumption.
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Assessing the suitability of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for calculation of emissions from public cloud computing workloads
A copy of my paper published in the open-access Journal of Cloud Computing.
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Hiding greenhouse gas emissions in the cloud
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.