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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…
Jun 24
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David Mytton
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January 2024
Expect more overestimates of AI energy consumption
We’ve started to see AI doomerism spread to predictions of the vast quantity of energy AI is undoubtably going to consume.
Jan 2
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July 2023
Paper Notes - ICT sector electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions 2020
An updated look at the total electricity consumption and associated GHG emissions for the ICT sector in 2020. Paper notes on Malmodin et al. (2023).
Jul 22, 2023
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David Mytton
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April 2023
Overestimating AI's water footprint
Researchers need to be more careful about the inputs into their models. Overestimates undermine the goal of reducing the environmental impact of IT.
Apr 17, 2023
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David Mytton
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March 2023
Paper Notes - The world wide web of carbon
Will we ever be able to accurately assess the carbon footprint of IT? Could a relational footprint methodology be more useful? Paper notes on Pasek et…
Mar 26, 2023
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Improving the accuracy of the GHG protocol in time and space
The GHG Protocol needs to evolve to better represent the complexity of how energy markets work.
Mar 17, 2023
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February 2023
Influencing the carbon emissions of AI
There is a correlation between the training time and energy consumption, but that doesn’t mean there is a correlation between training time and carbon…
Feb 27, 2023
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Why don't data centers participate in demand response?
Data centers consuming too much energy at peak times - can't we just turn them off?
Feb 13, 2023
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December 2022
Value judgments and sustainable computing
Puritan value judgments don’t help and any analysis based on concepts of digital sobriety or arbitrary definitions of waste should be rejected.
Dec 17, 2022
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David Mytton
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November 2022
Energy systems and 24/7 carbon free energy
With the grid mix constantly changing, what needs to happen to energy systems to reach the goal of 24/7 carbon free energy? Google has funded two…
Nov 7, 2022
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October 2022
Paper Notes – RAPL In Action
Advantages and limitations of the Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) interface for measuring CPU power consumption.
Oct 10, 2022
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September 2022
Paper notes - Jupiter Evolving: Transforming Google's Datacenter Network
Removing the aggregation spine resulted in 5x higher speed and capacity, and 41% reduction in power.
Sep 14, 2022
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