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Building Green Software Part 4: Operational Efficiency • Anne Currie

GOTO - The Brightest Minds in Tech

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Importance of operational efficiency in reducing carbon emissions

This chapter discusses the significance of operational efficiency in reducing carbon emissions and electricity usage in software applications. It highlights the need to properly size and optimize applications, emphasizes the importance of operational efficiency compared to code efficiency, and explores various strategies such as turning off underused machines, increasing multi-tenancy, and removing over-provisioning.

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