Google Workspace will now let you track exactly how much power all your apps are using

Date:
Mon, 09 Sep 2024 11:05:13 +0000

Description:
Google is helping companies reduce energy footprints with new API partnership, while also doing its own part to head towards carbon neutrality.

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Following on from the introduction of Carbon Footprint for Google Workspace
at Google Cloud Next 23, admins can now use the service to monitor and
analyse their electricity usage.

The announcement comes via a partnership with Electricity Maps, a company providing an API offering readouts of real-time and predictive electricity signals to customers.

Previously, only top-level admins could access carbon footprint information, but now the ability to assign a custom role with the ability to do so is
baked into Workspace. Carbon emissions on the rise

Google is right to note in the announcement that cloud computing - and AI - have drastically increased carbon emissions from the tech industry.

However, while the incorporation of the Electricity Maps API will help companies know what needs to be done to keep emissions down, the announcement fails to address the fact of the matter; that, as one of the best cloud storage and AI tool providers, and largest companies in the world, Google is probably more responsible as a contributor to climate change than any of its customers.

The announcement does include a mention of Googles intent to be carbon-free
by 2030 , by both cutting down and moving to nature-based solutions, while sharing these with companies worldwide, which is honourable, and, providing
it actually achieves this, does mean that Carbon Footprint for Workspace isnt just Google passing the buck to others. More from TechRadar Pro Google says its emissions have grown nearly 50% due to AI data center boom and here's what it plans to do about it Microsoft reveals major rise in carbon emissions as AI work hits green push Weve also listed the best cloud backup services right now



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