Green IO Podcast

Presenters Gaël Boris Gamazaychikov Sasha Luccioni Source Green IO Podcast 🚀 The Billion-Dollar Question: Why AI’s Energy Crisis is Actually a Money Story The race to build the next generation of AI is expensive—$1 billion expensive. That is the current entry price for a hyperscale data center, the kind of massive facility consuming between 100 megawatts and 1 gigawatt of power. In a recent episode of Green.io, host Grez sat down with two titans of the sustainability world: Boris Gamazaychikov (former Head of Sustainability at Salesforce) and Dr. Sasha Luccioni (a world-renowned researcher in responsible AI). They moved past the usual carbon-focused conversation to follow the money, revealing why the AI gold rush is creating an energy bottleneck that might just reshape the entire tech industry. ...

Presenters Gaël Jeremy Tamanini Source Green IO Podcast AI for Good? Let’s Talk Applied AI for Sustainability 🌍💡 The buzz around Artificial Intelligence (AI) is undeniable. We hear grand promises of AI solving climate change, boosting biodiversity, and finding new vaccines. But beneath the hype, especially from big tech companies, lies a more nuanced reality. The massive adoption of AI carries significant environmental impacts, from water usage to carbon emissions and energy consumption. ...

Presenters Gaël Duez Natasha Ann Lum Source Green IO podcast Navigating the AI Dilemma: How Responsible Technologists Can Build a Greener Digital World 🚀💡 In the fast-paced world of technology, AI tools are no longer a novelty; they are a mainstream reality. But what happens when the drive for innovation clashes with the urgent need for environmental sustainability? This is the core dilemma facing a growing number of software engineers, a challenge expertly unpacked by Gaël Duez of Green.io and Natasha Ann Lum, co-founder of Rack Tech podcast and a software engineer for the Singaporean government. ...

Presenters Gaël Duez Andrea Learned Source Green IO podcast 🚀 Quiet Influence: How to Drive Sustainable Change Without Getting Fired In the high-pressure world of tech, it is easy to feel powerless. Between the doom and gloom of climate data, the relentless pace of Generative AI deployment, and the fear of corporate retaliation, many responsible technologists feel paralyzed. But what if the key to systemic change isn’t a loud, aggressive campaign, but a quiet, joyful, and consistent approach? I recently sat down with Andrea Learned, a veteran in marketing and communications turned climate leadership expert, to discuss how we can use our personal values to shift professional norms—without burning out or losing our jobs. ...

Presenters Gaël Gauthier Roussilhe Source Green IO podcast Is “IT for Green” Truly Green? Unpacking Tech’s Ecological Impact with Gauthier Roussilhe 💡🌍 How many times have you heard the bold claim: “Every time we emit one ton of CO2 in tech, we save 10 tons elsewhere?” This statement, often repeated across the tech industry, sounds fantastic. But is it true? And how do we really assess the net positive impact of digital technologies on our environment? ...