As the effects of climate change escalate around the world, what role do software developers play in protecting the environment? More than you might think, particularly when it comes to the choices you make for your cloud infrastructure.
According to Charles Humble, one of The New Stack’s top contributors, sustainability should join cost, performance, security, regulatory concerns and reliability as one of the top-level considerations when optimizing your cloud workloads.
And his forthcoming ebook, “The Developer’s Guide to Cloud Infrastructure, Efficiency and Sustainability,” written in collaboration with AMD, Google and The New Stack, will dive deep into these topics. He’ll share his research and expertise on sustainable software, tools for measuring carbon emissions, ways to reduce the environmental impact of your software infrastructure, and the key trends that you need to consider going forward.
Be among the first to preregister and get early access to this ebook before its official release on April 1, 2025.
What You’ll Learn
By reading “The Developer’s Guide to Cloud Infrastructure, Efficiency and Sustainability,” you will learn:
- How developers are helping build a sustainable future.
- Developer best practices for choosing a cloud VM.
- The positive and negative environmental impact of cloud infrastructure.
- The factors that can make cloud computing “green.”
- How to measure carbon emissions from your cloud infrastructure.
Table of Contents
Specifically, the book’s contents include:
- What is sustainable software? Three definitions of “sustainability” that engineers need to know.
- Why carbon emissions matter: The impact of energy proportionality.
- IT’s role in sustainability: Defining key concepts, including carbon scopes, carbon neutrality and carbon zero.
- The developer’s role in sustainability: Coding vs. operational efficiency and ways to improve them.
- Unpacking CPU performance in the cloud: How to choose the best virtual machine (VM) for your workload.
- Measuring carbon emissions: Tools for assessing hardware utilization, cloud costs and carbon footprint.
- Taking steps to reduce emissions: Implementing strategies for reducing carbon emissions.
- Putting it all together: Finding allies inside and outside your organization.
- Trends and future considerations: Looking ahead at renewable energy certificates, carbon taxation and water usage.
Don’t miss this engaging, informative and accessible look at the impact of cloud computing on carbon emissions, and how the choices you make affect your environmental footprint. Preregister today!
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