The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
Workshop: Sustainable Supercomputing
Authors: Adrian Jackson (University of Edinburgh); Jon Hays and Alex Owen (Queen Mary University of London); Nicholas Walton (University of Cambridge); and Alison Packer and Anish Mudaraddi (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC))
Abstract: In 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.
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