• [ ] Add a visual of the entire Cloud stack from a server-side application

To optimize energy efficiency:

• Total power consumption (including the overhead of cooling, etc.) of the container, physical or virtual server on/in which the software runs
  • Quantitive vs. qualitative
  • Fixed constants: power consumption at idling levels (120 kW at 10%, 140 kW at 20%, 150 kW at 30%, ...)
• % idling capacity (memory, compute, and storage) of the underlying hardware

To address its carbon emissions:

• Current carbon intensity of the power supplied to the underlying data center
  • is the backup generator running? ⇒ change carbon intensity
  • is feeding on the grid? ⇒ change carbon intensity
  • coverage by certificates / PPAs
• Current pollution of the power supplied to the underlying data center (if any)
• Embedded emissions in IT infrastructure (servers, switches) and underlying data center (cooling, electrical, building) and network infrastructure
• Active power consumption of all attached network equipment

Enrichment Information

Future data points

• Water, ADP

Forecast & load curve

• Renewable power forecast (local to facility/grid zone)

Constraints from the infrastructure

• Ludger: Security of the networks (infra vs. IT networks)
• JohnB: EU CoC, security of the data, the data is there
• BCS has released a fixed measurement for IT load
• Lobby GHG scope protocol
  • ICT guidance
  • SBTI has replaced IT