Dear RIPE Community,
I'd like to share most recent links about environmental/ecological
(un)sustainability in the operations of the Internet Infrastructures,
this time in 3 categories: Energy Outlook, Network Cultures & Data
Centers News.
The latest "World Energy Outlook 2024" by International Energy Agency
(IEA) points out to "faster growth in data-centre loads". Report "comes
against a backdrop of escalating risks in the Middle East and heightened
geopolitical tensions globally, and explores a range of energy security
issues that decision makers face as they proceed with clean energy
transitions".
Analysis:https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-solar-surge-will-send-coal-power-tumbling-by-2030-iea-data-reveals/
Original:https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2024
And then for something completely different: broad, philosophical read:
> (a) media history of the material and infrastructural features of
networking practices, a German classic translated for the first time
into English.
"The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832" (Open Access)
By Sebastian Giessmann, Steven Lindberg at The MIT Press: Infrastructures
https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5866/The-Connectivity-of-ThingsNetwork-Cultures-since
and specifically interesting for us:
Book Chapter 9: Network Protocols: Architectures of Computers and Communication
Around 1970
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12547.003.0012
Finally, a collection of Data Center News from this month:
The Register: "...datacenter operators might seek alternative sources of power...
"
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/ai_datacenters_coal/
A comic "First Dog on the Moon": "... the huge new datacenters AI requires use so
much energy and water, it's delaying the closure of coal-fired power plants and FORCING people to
build nuclear reactors."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/oct/30/artificial-intelligence-is-it-bad-yes-but-on-the-other-hand-it-is-also-terrible
The New York Times: "... Residents battled developers to keep a giant data center
out of their community."
https://archive.is/2024.10.30-075748/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/technology/data-center-peculiar-missouri.html
GovTech: Power-Hungry Data Centers Pose a Challenge to (USA) Government
https://www.govtech.com/infrastructure/power-hungry-data-centers-pose-a-challenge-to-government
ZME Science: "... Time to practice digital sobriety..."
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ai-is-becoming-a-bigger-and-bigger-problem-for-the-climate-can-digital-sobriety-help/
Regards,
Vesna Manojlovic
Senior Community Builder
RIPE NCC
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