Thu Nguyen, Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University

Abstract

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Computing is critical to achieving the UN SDGs (hence this workshop :). Yet, computing also has a large impact on the environment that negatively impacts at least several of the SDGs. Examples of computing’s impacts on the environments include: energy consumption leading to greenhouse gas emission, water consumption, and e-waste. In this talk, I will briefly review datacenters’ energy consumption and corresponding greenhouse gas emission and work that has been done to increase energy efficiency and reduce emission. I will also touch very briefly on datacenters’ water consumption.