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Estimating carbon emissions from cloud resources can be hard. Especially because providers can be quite "stingy" with the reporting. In this article, we look into Cloud Carbon Footprint tool. What it is, what it does, and how it can help you get (better) overview of emissions from cloud resources.
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Looking at the Merriam-Webster dictionary on the definition of Fatigue, I found the following. Fatigue, noun 2a: weariness or exhaustion from labor, exertion, or stress. Hm, interesting. Yes, it's somewhat like that. But, maybe not the same. Then I read along. 2c: a state or attitude of indifference
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Browsing through the Mastodon, some time ago, led me to a word I didn't quite understand. Digging a bit deeper, I found out that we need to change our perspective in the way we treat computational resources. From infinite to finite.
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Hi there! It's been a full calendar year of writing! That's almost two years in total! I've started these writings on the end of January last year. And, as you may already know, it's cool to have a review of the year,
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Embarking on a carbon-aware journey, I've tried to reshape my website to match energy usage with its source. From different places around the Internet, I’ve learned the complexities and the challenges this task brings. Join me in learning what I've found so far!
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Have you ever wondered, is there an API you can call and get the carbon emission data of a specific location? It would be cool to have something like this, so we can make our applications carbon-aware, wouldn't it? Look no further! In this article I'm exploring just that!
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Ever wondered about the hidden part of carbon emissions? What’s Scope 3, and why does it matter? How does your morning coffee contribute to it? Stay tuned to unveil the ‘elephant in the room’!
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What is the measure of effectiveness of a Data centre? What besides electricity goes into DCs? Which steps with DCs we need to take in order to prevent IT from worsening global warming?
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Have you ever heard about carbon awareness? What it is and how can be implemented? In this article, we'll cover just that, and also bring you an overall understanding of the concept and what it means for the environment.
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What is PUE, and how is it calculated? Why is important? What are the greenest regions in the GCP and where you can find that information? This, and many more, you can find out in this article.
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What are emission scopes and what do they mean? What methods are used to calculate those emissions? Which methods Microsoft uses to calculate them? What regions are the greenest one on Azure? These and more questions we answer in this article!
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How do you consider a Cloud region green region? What is a carbon footprint and how to measure it on AWS? What are the greenest regions to run your workloads on AWS? These, and a couple of more questions we answer in this article.