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IT carbon footprint: Dynatrace Carbon Impact and Optimization app helps organizations measure cloud computing carbon footprint

Dynatrace

The cloud now has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry,” wrote anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate in a 2022 article from MIT. “A Does that mean the answer is to slow the growth of AI or cloud technologies more broadly? A single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes.”

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From observability to sustainability: Reduce your IT carbon footprint with Dynatrace Carbon Impact

Dynatrace

Cloud computing has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry. As executive mandates reach technology leadership teams, your organization’s carbon reduction goals will become more tangible. For example, you could view underutilized instances in a specific AWS data center or top CO2e emitters within a specific host group.

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As-Salaam-Alaikum: The cloud arrives in the Middle East!

All Things Distributed

Today, I am excited to announce plans for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring an infrastructure Region to the Middle East! Based in Bahrain, this will be the first Region for AWS in the Middle East. This news marks the 22nd AWS Region we have announced globally. 2017 continues a busy year for AWS in the Middle East.

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Välkommen till Stockholm – An AWS Region is coming to the Nordics

All Things Distributed

Today, I am very excited to announce our plans to open a new AWS Region in the Nordics! The new region will give Nordic-based businesses, government organisations, non-profits, and global companies with customers in the Nordics, the ability to leverage the AWS technology infrastructure from data centers in Sweden.

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Reducing Carbon Emissions On The Web

Smashing Magazine

So, when people first started talking about the Internet having similar carbon emissions to the airline industry , I was a bit skeptical. The good news is that, as developers, we can do an awful lot about it. Recommended reading : How Improving Website Performance Can Help Save The Planet. More after jump!

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How To Choose A Headless CMS

Smashing Magazine

For example, if the CMS is built on Microsoft’s.NET Framework, the front-end website would also be built on the same technology. Working for a major airline not even a decade ago, I can remember trying to model content for mobile devices (yes! Look out for: A supported SDK for your choice of technology, language, and platform.

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