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Beyond the Hype

Beyond the Hype

Can we do better than 'carbon aware' computing?

· 35 min · Season 1 Episode 19

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In this episode, Oliver Cronk and David Rees from Scott Logic are joined by Hannah Smith, Director of Operations at Green Web Foundation, an organisation aiming to make the internet fossil-free by 2030. Together, they explore the potential benefits and limitations of 'carbon aware' computing, which involves scheduling computational workloads during times or in locations where energy sources have lower carbon emissions.
With the simplicity of 'carbon aware' being at odds with the complexities of managing the electricity grid, they move on to discussing 'grid aware'. This concept goes beyond…

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