The world runs on software

In an increasingly digitized world, we have come to rely more and more on software that runs in the background running our social media sites, search engines, news outlets, streaming services, online gaming, and eCommerce. The world runs on software; how these solutions operate can significantly impact the environment regarding energy consumption and carbon emissions. In the drive toward hyper-connectivity, people, places, and things are increasingly connected through next-generation networks such as 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT). Emerging exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous vehicles, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), drones, 3D printing, digital manufacturing, and robotic process automation (RPA) increasingly require more computing and storage power through cloud computing and quantum computing (Carlsson 2021). All of these emerging technologies run and operate on software, which requires access...