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Digital Infrastructure Bites off Carbon: How the Builders of the Digital Age Came Together to Combat Climate Change [Technology Leaders]
Document Type
Periodical
Author
Source
IEEE Electrification Magazine IEEE Electrific. Mag. Electrification Magazine, IEEE. 11(3):11-14 Sep, 2023
Subject
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Climate change
Carbon neutral
Carbon
Carbon footprint
Construction industry
Language
ISSN
2325-5897
2325-5889
Abstract
I Started infrastructure Masons (iMasons) in 2016 to unite the builders of the digital age. How to define digital infrastructure is an ongoing discussion, as are questions about the size of the digital infrastructure industry. The answers to these questions are essential to answer one more: What is the industry’s carbon footprint? The answer to that question will serve as a baseline for the iMasons Climate Accord, which launched on 25 April 2022, and commits member companies to achieve carbon neutrality in power, materials, and products as a step toward net zero. To measure our industry’s carbon footprint, we need to define two things: what to measure and how to measure it.