IoT, AI and the cloud: The holy trinity to green your digital ecosystem
Silicon Republic April 19, 2024
GlobalLogic’s Patrick Strauss explains why the combination of IoT, AI and cloud computing is not just a silver bullet for digitalisation but also a green one.
Digital technologies have rapidly transformed our world. Over the last two decades, advances like the cloud, AI, and IoT have supported and accelerated the United Nation’s sustainable development goals. While hailed as a great equaliser, digitalisation also has a darker side – one that’s beginning to garner more and more attention.
Requiring vast arrays of globe-spanning networks, the digital revolution devours materials, space, natural resources and energy. Its gargantuan infrastructures use astounding rates of natural resources. Yet, with little to no direct regulation or oversight, it’s up to the technology industry to get its...