- Networking for Sustainability
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Bill St. Arnaud, formerly CANARIE
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One of the greatest threats to our future society and economy is global
warming. Universities and researchers are now an increasingly significant
contributor to these CO2 emissions because of the demand for new
cyber-infrastructure equipment which is essential to the future of
scientific discovery. As a result some universities and R&E networks are
starting to explore new types of computational and network architectures
that not only benefits eScience but also reduces CO2 emissions. Optical high
speed research networks and distributed zero carbon cyber-infrastructure
data centers with network virtualization, web services and clouds will be a
critical component of this architecture. This evolving low carbon
infrastructure and it also may enable a new sustainable revenue stream for
research and education networks amongst others.
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