Cloud Energy Efficiency

As organizations increasingly migrate to cloud infrastructure, understanding and managing the environmental impact of cloud services has become a critical concern. The flexibility and scalability of cloud computing offer significant advantages, but they also present unique challenges when it comes to accurately measuring energy consumption and CO₂ emissions. One of the primary challenges in measuring energy consumption in the cloud is the abstraction of physical resources. Unlike traditional on-premises data centers, where organizations have direct control and visibility over their hardware, cloud environments operate on a multi-tenant model. This means that resources such as servers, storage, and networking equipment are shared among multiple users, making it difficult to attribute energy usage to specific workloads accurately.

Cloud

In the context of this book, we will refer to the term Cloud as shared IT infrastructure available over the internet...