Green Software Foundation

🚨 We’ve got BIG news 🚨 We are excited to share a significant development to unify the software and hardware ecosystems and advance a more sustainable ICT sector: The Sustainable and Scalable Infrastructure Alliance (SSI Alliance) has joined the GSF to accelerate collaboration between the sustainable software and data center hardware domains and together address the climate challenges for an AI-driven future. Learn more about this strategic merge ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eGSn9t6z -- A big shout out to Christopher Liljenstolpe, My Truong, and Zachary Smith for their contributions to making this merge possible! We welcome Cisco to the GSF governing board as part of the merger with the SSIA. The GSF is led by Accenture, Avanade, BCG X, GitHub, Intel Corporation, Microsoft, NTT DATA, Siemens, and UBS.

Join the Green IO 🎙️ Conferences in Singapore, New York, and Munich as a speaker in 2025! Green IO events offer a unique opportunity to connect with Green IT experts, get real-time feedback, and gain the latest insights into green tech. With three events lined up this year, now is a perfect time to register your interest and join the conversation shaping the Green IT space. Sign up now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ekj9fwb3

Join us in welcoming Xero to the GSF. 💚    Xero, a global small business platform with 4.2 M subscribers, helps small enterprises manage core accounting functions such as tax and bank reconciliation. Their priority is to embed sustainability into key functions and processes. In our recent Q&A article, Rob Maher, EGM of engineering at Xero, shares insights on how Xero is integrating green software principles into their sustainability strategy and how they're measuring internal carbon emissions. Read the full article to learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e8yaCJWZ

Monday News Roundup 📰 Catch the top resources from last week’s newsletter and: ➡️ Discover a toolkit for modeling the environmental impact of digital services. ➡️ Explore five key trends expected to drive sustainability, technology, and IT in 2025. ➡️ As Agentic AI grows more powerful and pervasive, learn how to ensure it operates efficiently and minimizes its environmental impact Find the links in the comments. To get more insights and latest news on green software weekly, subscribe to our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eeYTPXBr Arpita Dwivedi Bruno Thomas Navveen Balani Nitish Mittal Olivier D Rita N. Soni Siddharth Muzumdar, B. Tech, MBA, MSc Vincent Villet

Tune in to the new Backstage episode of Environment Variables 🎙️ Vaughan Knight, chair and project lead of the Carbon Aware SDK, dives into the ins and outs of the project, which empowers developers to cut software emissions by running workloads where and when energy is greenest. Explore real-world applications, challenges, and the roadmap for expanding the SDK's resources and solutions. Listen now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/en6aD5zN

While serverless computing offers scalability and efficiency gains, measuring its environmental impact can be challenging. 📈 In our recent case study, NTT DATA shares how they developed a comprehensive methodology to quantify the carbon footprint of serverless applications on AWS using the SCI specification. Learn how low per-request emissions can quickly scale to significant levels for high-traffic applications and how to identify key areas for improvements. Get the full article ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dZqa3vma Denis Angeletta Franziska Warncke

If we want to reduce emissions from machine learning (ML) models, energy measurement needs to be part of the process. 📊 A new research study offers a framework to measure and estimate energy consumption from computing and machine learning, including practical tips for sampling, avoiding common mistakes, and using proxies when needed. Learn how to make ML models more energy-efficient and explore real-world scenarios to see how these strategies work in practice. Get the full paper ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e2ADCtSe Akshaya Jagannadharao Charles Tripp Dawn Nafus Egan Jamil Giuseppe Raffa Hilary Gafur Nicole Beckage, PhD. Thijs Metsch  

Join us in congratulating Gadhu Sundaram on his new role as the GSF Steering Committee Chair. 👏🏻👏👏🏽👏🏿 Gadhu, the Vice President of Application Services at NTT DATA UK, has played a key role in developing the SCI standard and driving the real-world adoption of sustainable software practices among global technology leaders. In our recent article, Gadhu shares more about the experiences that shaped his approach to technology and sustainability, along with plans and priorities for this year. Read the full article ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d8PVQ-AP --- The GSF is led by Avanade, BCG X, Google, GitHub, Intel Corporation, Microsoft, NTT DATA, Siemens, and UBS. 

Monday News Roundup 🎉 Get the most popular resources from last week’s newsletter to: ➡️ Discover an extension for the OpenTelemetry Java Auto-Instrumentation agent to collect resource demand data and publish carbon emissions. ➡️ Learn more about the utility of early stopping mechanisms in optimizing the training process of deep learning (DL) models to reduce energy consumption and computational costs. ➡️ Explore what we should make of the International Electricty Agency’s (IEA) Electricity 2024 report. See the links in the comments below. To receive more insights and latest news on green software, subscribe to our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eeYTPXBr Abdulkadir Taşdelen Prof. Dr. Andreas Brunnert Jo Lindsay Walton

Can data centers become „good citizens”? As the industry moves closer to our homes and workplaces, its future depends on balancing innovation, sustainability, and community impact. In the recent episode of Environment Variables, join Mark Bjornsgaard (Deep Green) and host Chris Adams to explore a transformative approach to data center design and sustainability. Listen to the full episode now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e8Fup_ru