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Scott Logic Lead Developer Darren Smith shares a report of carbon emission measuring software tools in 2025, their scope, and reviews these in the context of principal cloud service providers' offerings, including Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon AWS.

"Tools for measuring Cloud Carbon Emissions (updated for 2025)"

blog.scottlogic.com/2025/05/20

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@BlumeEvolution #AG #energie Konzerne kein Interesse an #Netzausbau oder #Energiewende weil Investitionen in (uralte) Infrastruktur gefährdet XD

#vollstrom langzeit Speicher #staat #privat #team JETZT

#Stocks #stockmarket #energy companies no interest in #grid expansion or #energy #transition because it jeopardizes their existing investments in (ancient) #infrastructure XD

But yes, #full-power long-term storage must be built now #state #private #team

generation-nachhaltigkeit.de/w

generation-nachhaltigkeit.deWas verursachte den Spanischen Blackout am 2025-04-28? – Generation Nachhaltigkeit

RECORDING – Internet Masr – The Planet Paradox: Digital Infrastructure & Environmental Responsibility

On  8 May 2025 the Internet Society Egypt Chapter (Internet Masr ) presented the fourth in its infrastructure webinar series with a briefing session ‘The Planet Paradox: Digital Infrastructure & Environmental Responsibility‘.  Ahmed Abdel-Latif explored the real-world impact of digital infrastru

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A month before Houston City Council’s deadline to approve a budget for fiscal year 2026, the city’s chief financial officer is raising concerns about the lack of a final decision in a lawsuit over city spending on streets and drainage.

houstonpublicmedia.org/article

In the past week, 3 times the boat crossed an elevated aqueduct that passed OVER other canals. Twice there were 4-way level junctions.

There was money to burn in the late 1700s and early 1800s…!

It's amazing that—however briefly—it was profitable to build all this infrastructure in order to move goods by barge and power the industrial revolution.