{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68dc7cef46a2532cdd8d1c23/6994d46dc4b7a0510c70b4fd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Week in Green Software: New Hosts! ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68dc7cef46a2532cdd8d1c23/1771361173171-f4b3e2ee-44bd-436f-ab83-ba9291d8dd6e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This Week in Green Software, Chris Adams is joined by new co-hosts Kate Goldenring and Tzviya Siegman to explore the latest stories on their radars. They unpack Microsoft’s community-first AI infrastructure pledge, the rise of gas-powered data centers, and the hidden embodied emissions behind AI models and storage hardware. The conversation also dives into the energy cost of AI prompts, new research measuring real browser energy use, and emerging models like billing AI by the kilowatt-hour. Together, they examine how transparency, standards, and smarter engineering decisions can shape a more sustainable digital future.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Learn more about our people:</strong></p><ul><li>Chris Adams: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrchrisadams/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a> | <a href=\"https://github.com/mrchrisadams\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GitHub</a> | <a href=\"https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a></li><li>Kate Goldenring: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-goldenring\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a> | <a href=\"https://www.akamai.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a></li><li>Tzviya Siegman: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/tzviya\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a> | <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Find out more about the GSF:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://greensoftware.foundation/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Green Software Foundation Website</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Sign up to the <a href=\"https://greensoftware.foundation/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Green Software Foundation Newsletter</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>News:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2026/01/13/community-first-ai-infrastructure/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Building Community-First AI Infrastructure - Microsoft</a> [05:00]</li><li><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/microsoft-water-ai-data-centers.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Pledged to Save Water in the A.I. Era - The New York Times</a> [08:29]</li><li><a href=\"https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2026/01/13/community-first-ai-infrastructure/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Building Community-First AI Infrastructure - Microsoft On the Issues</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://globalenergymonitor.org/press-release/betting-big-on-data-centers-u-s-now-leads-world-for-new-gas-power-development/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Betting big on data centers, U.S. now leads world for new gas power development - Global Energy Monitor</a> [13:56]</li><li><a href=\"https://www.boia.org/blog/the-robles-v.-dominos-settlement-and-why-it-matters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Robles v. Domino’s Settlement (And Why It Matters)</a> [21:56]</li><li><a href=\"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.04142\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">From FLOPs to Footprints: The Resource Cost of Artificial Intelligence</a> [23:53]</li><li><a href=\"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.22357\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Cost of Politeness in AI</a> [29:54]</li><li><a href=\"https://www.green-coding.io/blog/webnrg-released/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Green Coding Solutions: webNRG Released</a> [36:50]</li><li><a href=\"https://portal.neuralwatt.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Energy-Aware Hosted Inference | Neuralwatt Portal</a> [42:35]</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/vjCHaQWv8is?si=d1WwXGSMNS5cFKiF\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Environment Variables Ep 62: Greening Serverless w/ Kate Goldenring</a> [11:24]</li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnor8etuytI&amp;list=PLPDOrOxOHQcP5paHDDufmEqx2ITxQOTkl&amp;index=94\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Environment Variables Ep 104: OCP, Wooden Datacentres and Cleaning up Datacentre Diesel w/ Karl Rabe</a> [12:16]</li><li><a href=\"https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation/real-time-cloud\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GitHub - Green-Software-Foundation/real-time-cloud: Real Time Energy and Carbon Standards for Cloud Providers</a> [14:56]</li><li><a href=\"https://www.w3.org/TR/web-sustainability-guidelines/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Web Sustainability Guidelines | W3C</a> [20:14]</li><li><a href=\"https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WCAG 2 Overview | Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) | W3C</a> [21:00]&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://sci.greensoftware.foundation/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) Specification | GSF</a> [23:22]</li><li><a href=\"https://ecoinvent.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ecoinvent</a> [27:06]</li><li><a href=\"https://www.sweco.fi/en/energy/solar-power-in-finland/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Solar power in Finland - Energy</a> [44:38]</li><li><a href=\"https://rtl.chrisadams.me.uk/2026/02/on-using-solar-batteries-to-provide-90-of-the-world-population-with-90-of-their-electricity-demand-for-below-90-e-mwh/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">On using solar &amp; batteries to provide 90% of the world population with 90% of their electricity demand for below 90 €/MWh | Chris Adams</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://nworbmot.org/blog/solar-battery-world.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Solar and batteries can power the world</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26102025/virginia-data-center-capital-ai-boom/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How Did This State Become the Data Center Capital of the World? </a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5881105\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Subsidizing the Cloud: U.S. State Incentives to Data Centers</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://scopetrue.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scope True - Reality-Based Corporate Carbon Accounting For the Decarbonization</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://website-tester.green-coding.io\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">webNRG</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://github.com/green-coding-solutions/webNRG\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GitHub - webNRG</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>If you enjoyed this episode then please either:</strong></p><ul><li>Follow, rate, and review on <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/environment-variables/id1618265745\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li>Follow and rate on <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/0C4N7dk5p461ugjeoZGLqz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a></li><li>Watch our videos on The Green Software Foundation <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0m2KL1yQzcCbmSj7AaAoA/videos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Channel!</a></li><li>Connect with us on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/gsfcommunity?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>, <a href=\"https://github.com/Green-Software-Foundation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Github</a> and <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-software-foundation/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a>!</li></ul>","author_name":"Green Software Foundation"}