Subj : Google Workspace will now let you track exactly how much power al
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Sep 09 2024 12:15:05

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 
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right now



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-workspace-will-now-let-you-track-exactly-
how-much-power-all-your-apps-are-using


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