Sustainability + carbon
Measure and reduce the carbon behind your cloud spend, through region choice, timing, and the schedules you already run.
5 lessons. 1 quiz.
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Cloud carbon basics
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to calculate a cloud workload's carbon footprint, identify the four levers that drive it, and reason about which workloads are good candidates for carbon optimization.
Carbon-aware computing
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to identify workloads that are carbon-aware-schedulable, apply three carbon-aware patterns, and evaluate the cost-vs-carbon trade-off honestly.
Region selection for carbon
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to pick cloud regions with cleaner grids for carbon-flexible workloads, evaluate the trade-offs (latency, cost, compliance), and execute a region-migration plan when the carbon math justifies it.
Scheduling for carbon, not just cost
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to apply scheduling techniques for carbon impact (even when cost impact is small), combine cost and carbon motivations in scheduling decisions, and report carbon impact alongside cost impact.
Reporting carbon to leadership
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to build a carbon report leadership can use for ESG and strategy, adapt the message for different audiences, and avoid common reporting pitfalls.
Module quiz.
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