Microsoft Azure will now tell customers how guilty they should feel about the environment

Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:40:36 +0000

Description:
New dashboard will enable Azure customers to measure and reduce their carbon footprint.

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Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Emissions Impact Dashboard for Azure , which will enable its cloud computing customers to track, report, analyze and reduce their carbon emissions.

According to Microsoft, the dashboard is designed to help customers gather meaningful data in order to give businesses actionable insight that they will be able to use to make more informed, data-driven decisions about sustainable computing.

The Emissions Impact Dashboard is part of our commitment to address our own environmental impact and help our customers do the same, notes Kees Hertogh, General Manager, Global Industry Product Marketing, at Microsoft. These are the best cloud hosting services on the market Weve also rounded up the best bare metal hosting services Here are the best dedicated server hosting providers

Hertogh adds that Microsoft first introduced the Emissions Impact Dashboard
in January 2020 in the form of the Microsoft Sustainability Calculator. Sustainability competition

In the post, Hertogh explains that the Emissions Impact Dashboard is designed to offer a transparent look into the greenhouse gas emissions associated with using Microsofts cloud services, which the company says will enable users to gain a better understanding of the root causes of emissions.

Explaining the layout of the dashboard, he adds that it will help businesses measure the impact of their cloud usage and their carbon footprint, enabling them to drill down into emissions by month, service, and datacenter region. (Image credit: Microsoft)

Over the past year, weve strengthened features in the Emissions Impact Dashboard, such as the calculation of Scope 3 emissions associated with Microsoft cloud usage. These emissions are indirect and occur across the product value chainfrom materials extraction and manufacturing to transport, usage, and hardware disposal, Hertogh concludes.

Interestingly, Microsofts announcement comes days after Google Cloud
announced a similar initiative, with the launch of several new tools to help its customers measure and eventually reduce the environmental impact of their cloud operations. Weve also rounded up the best web hosting services



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