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Format: 1 online resource (314 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780443135989

Note: Front Cover -- Making IT Sustainable -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Endorsements -- 1. Introduction -- Why is sustainability in information technology important? -- Are the economic costs of sustainable information technology prohibitively higher than society is willing to bear? -- Sustainable information technology strategies and practices -- Why is this book on sustainable information technology needed? -- Who can benefit from reading this book? -- What differentiates this book? -- What is not included in the book? -- References -- 2. IT sustainability: definitions, terminology, standards, and metrics -- IT sustainability: definition and terminology -- IT sustainability standards -- IT sustainability metrics -- References -- 3. Technologies and innovative solutions for sustainable data centers -- Sustainable IT operations and IT service management for achieving sustainability -- Data centers and environmental concerns -- Sustainable IT operations -- Sustainable IT service management -- General solutions for optimizing energy usage effectiveness in data centers -- Carbon-aware data centers -- Carbon-aware data center software -- The carbon dependencies of data centers and net-zero status -- Data center energy efficiency: optimizing power usage effectiveness in data centers -- Energy proportionality -- Static power draw and energy proportionality -- Clock speed and energy proportionality -- Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling -- Power distribution in data centers -- Optimizing temperature in data centers: higher operating temperature -- Role of automation in improving energy efficiency in IT -- Utilizing built-in server power management features -- CPU core parking -- Server power profiles -- Role of server virtualization in improving energy efficiency in IT -- Containerized applications and energy consumption reduction -- Embodied energy. , Embodied carbon -- Green data storage -- Green networking -- Main strategies for achieving green networking -- Energy-efficient networking equipment -- Energy-efficient routing -- Carbon-aware scheduling -- Renewable energy sources -- Clean fuel for power backup: hydrogen fuel cells and biogas -- The use of wind turbines in data centers and data centers inside wind turbines -- Nuclear-powered data centers: a future frontier in sustainable computing -- Nuclear fission reactors: small modular reactors -- Nuclear fusion as an energy source for data centers -- Can direct current power make data centers more energy-efficient? -- Benefits of direct current power -- Limitations of direct current power -- Direct current-powered servers -- Incorporating sustainable materials into the design and operation of data centers -- Environmental water footprint of data centers: cooling and water consumption -- Data center cooling -- Environmental monitoring in data centers: sensors and controls -- Waterside economizers -- Data center liquid cooling -- High-density liquid cooling in data centers -- Immersion cooling -- Direct-to-chip cooling -- Evaporative cooling -- Rear door heat exchanger cooling -- Carbon dioxide removal -- "Data furnace" project -- Sustainable data center design -- High-density sustainable data centers -- Modular data centers -- Embedded data centers -- How composable disaggregated infrastructure helps in advancing to sustainable IT -- References -- 4. Green and sustainable software engineering -- Criteria for green and sustainable software development -- Green Software Foundation principles -- Sustainable application design -- Green coding practices -- Green software certifications -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. Cloud: sustainability as a driver of cloud technology innovations -- General environmental benefits and challenges of cloud computing. , Why cloud computing is more environmentally friendly than traditional on-premises computing -- Tools for measuring environmental impact of cloud computing services -- AWS customer carbon footprint tool -- Azure Sustainability Calculator and Emissions Impact Dashboard -- Google Sustainability Tools: Carbon Footprint, Active Assist, Cloud Region Picker, and Carbon Sense -- Google Cloud Carbon Footprint -- Active Assist -- Google Cloud Region Picker -- Carbon Sense -- IBM Cloud Carbon Calculator -- Sustainable software engineering for cloud computing -- Eco-friendly cloud computing architecture -- Cloud-native applications and IT sustainability -- The use of containerization and microservices to achieve sustainability in cloud-native computing -- Sustainable cloud data storage -- Sustainable cloud-based backup -- Sustainable cloud networking -- Cloud-native processors -- Cloud providers' initiatives and solutions for achieving environmental sustainability of cloud computing -- AWS's commitment to sustainability -- Sustainability initiatives of Microsoft Azure -- Sustainability initiatives of Google Cloud platform -- Sustainability solutions for Oracle Cloud -- IBM Sustainable Cloud -- References -- 6. Sustainable high-performance computing -- Green HPC in corporate sustainability initiatives -- Energy-efficient solutions for high-performance computing -- Energy-efficient high-performance processors -- Low-power processors in high-performance computing -- ARM-based processors -- Hybrid and heterogeneous high-performance computing -- Memory technologies -- Composable systems -- Intelligent packaging technologies -- Open hardware platforms -- The use of artificial intelligence for achieving sustainable high-performance computing -- Cooling technologies in green high-performance computing -- The use of renewable energy in high-performance computing. , Cloud-based green high-performance computing -- References -- Further reading -- 7. Roles of 5G/6G and the Internet of Things in advancing IT sustainability -- Sustainable cloud radio access network -- Ecological effect of moving consumers to 5G phones -- Sustainable telco cloud solutions -- Sustainable solutions for mobile cloud computing -- Sustainable edge computing -- Making multiaccess edge computing sustainable -- Sustainable 5G distributed edge architectures -- Sustainable 5G cloudlets -- Sustainable 5G micro data centers -- 5G-connected smart grids -- Sustainable Internet of Things -- Designing IoT devices for sustainability -- References -- 8. Circular economy and sustainable IT -- Circular economy concepts in sustainable IT -- Sustainable IT manufacturing -- Sustainable IT hardware -- Extending IT hardware life by using of artificial intelligence and machine learning -- Application of circular economy principles to embodied carbon in IT hardware -- The use of sustainable materials in IT -- Sustainable end-of-life strategies for IT equipment -- Cascading components across multiple lifecycles -- Waste electrical and electronic equipment reuse in the circular economy -- The Circular Economy for the Data Center Industry -- Sustainable IT equipment disposal -- IT sustainability solutions in the circular economy -- References -- 9. Remanufacturing programs in sustainable IT -- Terminology: remanufactured, refurbished, and reuse as-is -- Remanufacturing in circular economy -- EEE reverse remanufacturing and WEEE collection -- Remanufacturing operational processes for IT equipment -- Inspection -- Disassembly -- Cleaning -- Repair or replacement -- Reassembly -- Quality control -- IT OEM's remanufacturing programs -- Dell Refurbished program -- Remanufactured data center equipment -- Product design for automated remanufacturing. , Certified remanufactured IT equipment -- References -- 10. Sustainable IT supply chain management and IT procurement -- Environmental certifications and standards used in sustainable green IT supply chain management -- Sustainable IT procurement practices -- Sustainable IT procurement policies -- Renewable energy procurement in IT -- Green IT labeling schemes in sustainable IT supply chain -- References -- 11. The environmental implications of remote working -- The multifaceted role of remote working in business operations -- How remote working enabled by IT services advances environmental sustainability -- Reduced transportation emissions -- Lower energy consumption -- Less office space -- The use of renewable energy sources -- Technology advancements -- How the environmental impact of working from home can be measured -- Sustainable IT solutions used for working from home -- References -- 12. Cryptocurrency and its impact on the environment -- Energy cost of cryptocurrency -- The Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index -- How to reduce the energy cost of cryptocurrency mining -- The Lightning Network -- Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanisms -- Renewable energy sources and mining pools -- Using waste gas flare for cryptocurrency mining -- Energy-efficient mining hardware -- Initiatives for reducing the environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining -- The Crypto Climate Accord -- The BitGreen Project -- Sustainable infrastructure for cryptocurrency mining -- Blockware Solutions -- Greenidge Generation -- Northern Data -- Hydro66 -- Marathon Digital -- References -- 13. Adiabatic reversible computing -- Power consumption in computing: Koomey's Law and Landauer's Principle -- Reversible computing -- Adiabatic computing -- Adiabatic reversible computing -- Adiabatic quantum computing -- References. , 14. How quantum computing contributes to achieving sustainable IT.

Additional Edition: Print version: Gloukhovtsev, Mikhail Making IT Sustainable San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology,c2024 ISBN 9780443135972

Language: English