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Summary
While public, the cloud is attractive for housing digital workloads from a sustainability point of view. Leased datacenters also play a key role; their approach to design enables customers to take advantage of the latest efficiencies at scale. However, using the latest technology may not always be the most sustainable option. How can enterprises make better use of what they have?
Join our analysts to discuss:
- The latest research in datacenter sustainability, hybrid cloud, and the circular economy
- How smart infrastructure choices can be key to lowering carbon footprints and improving performance
- Sustainability tactics such as modular systems, recycling and reusing hardware, leveraging hybrid cloud, and implementing accelerators and control telemetry
- Sustainability considerations for datacenter operators, service providers, IT professionals, and other enterprise sustainability advocates
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
John Abbott
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Principal Research Analyst - Applied Infrastructure & DevOps
John Abbott covers systems, storage and software infrastructure topics for 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence.
John Abbott covers systems, storage and software infrastructure topics for 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Over a career that spans more than 30 years, he has pioneered specialist technology coverage in such areas as Unix, supercomputing, system architecture, software development and storage.
As one of the co-founders of The 451 Group in October 1999, John ran analyst operations from the company's San Francisco office. He has been a principal author on many 451 Research Special Reports, including those on storage virtualization and blade servers – the first comprehensive surveys of either subject to be published. More recently John has focused on topics such as converged infrastructure, new systems architectures, AI and deep learning accelerators. He helped establish 4Sight, the 451 Research framework for the forward-looking, long-term coverage of emerging technologies. John began covering the technology sector in 1984, building on his previous experience as a technical author and direct involvement using mainframes, early PCs and Unix workstations. As a freelance journalist, he contributed to publications including Computing, Computer Weekly, The Financial Times and The Times. In 1987, he was appointed editor of ComputerWire's weekly Unix newsletter, Unigram.X, and later became editor of the company's daily Computergram International service, first in London and subsequently in San Francisco. He established the 451 Research office in San Francisco and lived there for over a decade. John studied music at the University of Keele and has an MA in modern English literature from the University of London.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Dan Thompson
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Principal Research Analyst, Datacenter Services & Infrastructure, 451 Research
Dan Thompson is a principal research analyst in the 451 Research technology research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. He leads the Datacenter Services and Infrastructure team, which is charged with keeping tabs on the datacenter industry globally to better understand its trends and growth areas. His research includes analyses of datacenter providers, market size and supply/demand in key and emerging markets around the world. Dan also provides coverage of datacenter providers offering services beyond colocation, such as managed and cloud-type services.
Dan also provides research on the sustainability of the datacenter industry. Beyond just renewable energy purchasing and carbon offsetting, he has been investigating full life cycle emissions, including supply chain emissions, as well as efficiency gains and water usage.
Before joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, Dan spent 15 years as a practitioner in the IT industry, the last 10 years at a top managed/cloud service provider. Dan has worn many hats in the IT world, from systems administration to management, and was most recently an enterprise architect. In that role, he not only assisted in the launch of the company's security practice, but also created security-specific products and designed security into every solution launched to the customer base.
In addition to a good many IT industry certifications, Dan currently holds degrees in network security and forensics and information technology.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Gabriella (Ellie) Brown
451 Research, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Research Analyst
Ellie Brown is a research analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence working across the 451 Research Cloud Transformation channel and the technology, media and telecommunications data team.
Ellie Brown is a research analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence working across the 451 Research Cloud Transformation channel and the technology, media and telecommunications data team. She manages the Cloud Price Index, the division’s benchmark tracking product for pricing for a selection of cloud infrastructure and managed services around the world. Ellie compiles and maintains a dataset collected from millions of hyperscaler SKUs and looks at trends in pricing, service additions and regional expansion plans for the major public cloud providers.
Ellie’s additional coverage areas include the developing quantum computing and quantum network sectors, with research spanning quantum-suited verticals, new quantum hardware and software developments and the intersection of quantum technology, with key themes including AI and sustainability.
Before joining S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2022, Ellie’s work experience included product strategy/planning and go-to-market activities for SaaS and AI startups, as well as scientific research in astronomy and work as a secondary teacher.
Ellie holds a bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in physics from the University of Utah and is pursuing a master’s degree in environmental policy and management with a concentration in sustainable energy from the University of Denver.
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