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They ran this in us-central1-c (Iowa) [0] which as of 2020 was 93% renewable [1]. The energy crisis mainly affects oil and coal prices in the US so I don't bel
by Youden 4y ago
They ran this in us-central1-c (Iowa) [0] which as of 2020 was 93% renewable [1].
The energy crisis mainly affects oil and coal prices in the US so I don't believe Google's renewable-powered computations should have any effect.
If they'd run it in Germany where people are being asked to conserve electricity, things might be different.
[0]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pi-delivery/blob/main/pi-100t/env.tf https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/pi-delivery/blob/main...
[1]: https://cloud.google.com/sustainability/region-carbon https://cloud.google.com/sustainability/region-carbon