Doreen Sacker

Green Cloud Computing

Is your code costing the planet? Learn eight principles to build applications that are cheaper, faster, and better for the environment.

Green Cloud Computing
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Understanding the principles of green cloud computing

Green coding aims to minimize software energy consumption, requiring a return to mindful resource usage similar to early development constraints.

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Principle 1: Building applications that are carbon efficient

The primary goal is to stop adding carbon to the atmosphere, not just slow emissions, to achieve net-zero and combat climate change.

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Principle 2: Achieving energy efficiency with serverless apps

Build lightweight applications and use serverless architectures to automatically scale resources, reducing energy consumption and costs.

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Principle 3: Leveraging carbon intensity and demand shifting

Run workloads in regions with low carbon intensity or shift them to times when renewable energy is abundant to reduce emissions.

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Principle 4: Maximizing hardware efficiency and reducing embodied carbon

Extend the lifespan of hardware by creating lightweight applications and opting for refurbished devices to reduce carbon from manufacturing.

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Principle 5: Understanding energy proportionality and server utilization

Cloud providers achieve high energy efficiency through optimized server utilization, a principle that can be applied by using smaller VMs and auto-scaling.

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Principle 6: Reducing network data transfer and distance

Minimize network-related energy use by implementing caching, using CDNs, compressing data, and choosing efficient data formats like CSV or Avro.

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Principle 7: Implementing demand shaping and strategic data reduction

Shape application demand to match the available renewable energy supply and reduce unnecessary data storage by deleting old logs and events.

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Principle 8: Measuring and optimizing for carbon efficiency

Use proxies like cloud costs, network traffic, and application performance to measure and continuously optimize for carbon efficiency.

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The business case for green software engineering

Adopting green coding practices meets user demand for sustainability, saves costs, improves performance, and fulfills corporate responsibility.

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Q&A on green cloud providers and implementation strategies

Discussion covers leading green cloud providers, convincing management with cost benefits, and using serverless and microservices for efficiency.

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