27. What That Means with Camille: Carbon Neutral Computing

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">What That Means</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Camille dives into the topic of carbon neutral computing with Director of Strategy and Business Development in the Server Group at Intel, John Miranda.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The conversation is a fascinating one, and covers things like:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  The three R’s of sustainable computing</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  The unpredictability of supply and demand + the problems it poses for renewable energy</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  Why you can’t store renewable energy</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  What some companies are doing to try to reduce their energy footprints</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  How a carbon-aware laptop might operate to use more green energy and less fossil fuel</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  How time shifting can help with sustainability, while saving companies and consumers money</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">• Space shifting</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">...and a lot more. This is one fascinating convo you don’t want to miss. Have a listen!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Here are some key take-aways:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  In the future, our laptops and other devices in the home may be carbon-aware and able to assertively reduce fossil-fuel use and increase renewable energy use.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  One of the challenges in sustainable compute is that with renewable energy, there’s less consistency and predictability in terms of supply and demand. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">•  At scale, it’s too expensive to store renewable energy. But we can use time shifting and space shifting to ‘chase’ t