ACM Sigarch

AUGUST 3, 2023

Embodied carbon is due to Scope 3, e.g., manufacturing IT hardware and datacenter construction. Chien’s argument: Embodied carbon numbers are disproportionately large Rebuttal: Large embodied carbon numbers are reported by companies who have set public goals to reach net zero emissions by 2030.

Energy 98

Energy Architecture Hardware Metrics 98

Adrian Cockcroft

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This is basically the position of the major cloud providers, they will all take care of it for you by 2030 or so. This is extremely efficient, and I can be sure I’m putting solar power in my car, and doing it at a time when the grid might be curtailed. But you want to *do something* to help sooner.

Energy 52

Energy Cloud Traffic Transportation 52

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

HTML, CSS, images, and fonts can all be parsed and run at near wire speeds on low-end hardware, but JavaScript is at least three times more expensive, byte-for-byte. For instance, GSMA predicts that 5G will only comprise half of connections by 2030. Regulatory roadblocks are still being cleared.

Performance 90

Performance Network Mobile Speed 90