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Evaluating Total Environmental Impact for a Computing Infrastructure

DescriptionIn this presentation, we outline the results of a project to evaluate the total climate/carbon impact of a digital research infrastructure for a defined snapshot period. We outline the carbon model used to calculate the impact and the data collected to quantify that impact for a defined set of resources. We discuss the variation in potential impact across both the active and embodied carbon for computing hardware and produce a range of estimates on the amount of carbon equivalent climate impact for the snapshot period.

Author/Presenters

Adrian Jackson

University of Edinburgh

Jon Hays

Queen Mary University of London

Alex Owen

Queen Mary University of London

Nicholas Walton

University of Cambridge

Alison Packer

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Anish Mudaraddi