The impact of tech refresh on sustainability

This episode will be available to stream at 9:00am ET

The rapid advancement in hardware demonstrated by NVIDIA, AI chip providers, and the wider industry, has meant significant strides forward in LLM development and other AI-based initiatives. However, this has not come without sustainability costs, and data centers must consider this if they are to accurately assess the environmental TCO of their facilities. This episode will explore:

  • The embodied carbon of hardware
  • The ‘S’ in the ESG - considerations for corporate social responsibility
  • Whether its possible to accurately assess the environmental TCO of AI workloads
  • The sustainability challenges of rapid AI acceleration