Digitisation has brought the world to our fingertips and created enormous economic efficiencies and opportunities. But all those apps and analytics and APIs have to run on servers somewhere and as our usage grows, so too does the energy needed to power them. Julian De Hoog, a scientist at IBM's research centre in Melbourne wants to ensure that powering our digital future doesn't endanger our planet.  
 

Digitisation has brought the world to our fingertips and created enormous economic efficiencies and opportunities. But all those apps and analytics and APIs have to run on servers somewhere and as our usage grows, so too does the energy needed to power them. Julian De Hoog, a scientist at IBM's research centre in Melbourne wants to ensure that powering our digital future doesn't endanger our planet.&nbsp; &#10;&nbsp;

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Change is coming faster than ever in 2020 as a global crisis forces the world to grapple with a host of issues. New vaccines. New ways to work. Entirely new industries. So how can technology help us steer through the turbulence, and perhaps even land o...

Forward Slash

Digitisation has brought the world to our fingertips and created enormous economic efficiencies and opportunities. But all those apps and analytics and APIs have to run on servers somewhere and as our usage grows, so too does the energy needed to power...

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