A collection of 4 posts
I and Professor Eric Masanet of UC Santa Barbara have a new commentary article out today in the refereed journal Joule. It explores four common pitfalls that cause researchers and commentators to exaggerate information technology electricity use and emissions, and suggests four ways industry and researchers can avoid spreading such
Read moreMy keynote talk today for the iTherm 2021 technical conference is an expansion of points made in a commentary article by me and Professor Eric Masanet, UCSB, which is “in press” at Joule right now (more when that’s published). I presented nine different high-profile misconceptions about electricity use and
Read moreBecause of recent interest in the electricity use of Bitcoin mining, I asked my colleague Zach Schmidt to create a reasonably comprehensive list of articles and reports on this topic. As we update this list we’ll create new blog posts so that the latest version is usually at the
Read moreI chatted with a reporter a few days ago about the electricity used by data centers. This happens every month or two—somebody comes to me with concern about the power used by computers and other information technology (IT) equipment and I talk them through the history of this topic.
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