Prioritizing sustainable cloud architectures: a how-to round up
AWS Architecture BlogPrioritizing sustainable cloud architectures: a how-to round upby Kate Brierley | on21 APR 2023| inArchitecture,Sustainability|Permalink|ShareWith Earth Month upon us and in celebration of Earth Day tomorrow, 4/22,sustainabilityis top-of-mind for individuals and organizations around the world. But it doesn’t take a certain time of year to act toward the urgent need to innovate and adopt smarter, more efficient solutions!Sustainable cloud architectures are fundamental to sustainable workloads, and we’re spotlighting content that helps build solutions to meet and advance sustainability goals. Here’s our recent post round up to make sustainable architectures meaningful and actionable for customers of all kinds:Architecting for Sustainability at AWS re:Invent 2022This post spotlights theAWS re:Invent 2022sustainability track and key conversations around sustainability of, in, and through the cloud. It covers key uses cases and breakout sessions, including AWS customers demonstrating best practices from theAWS Well-Architected Framework Sustainability Pillar. Hear about these and more:TheAmazon Prime Videoexperience using the AWS sustainability improvement process for Thursday Night Football streamingPinterest’s sustainability journey with AWS from Pinterest Chief Architect David ChaikenLet’s Architect! Architecting for SustainabilityThe most recent sustainability focusedLet’s Architect!series post shares practical tips for making cloud applications more sustainable. It also covers theAWS customer carbon footprint toolto help organizations monitor, analyze, and reduce their AWS footprint, and details how Amazon Prime Video used these tools to establish baselines and drive significant efficiencies across their AWS usage.Optimizing your Modern Data AWS Infrastructure for Sustainability SeriesThis two-part blog series explores more specific topics relating to theSustainability Pillarof theAWS Well-Architected Frameworkas connected to theModern Data Architecture on AWS.What’s covered includes:Integrating a data lake and purpose-built data services to efficiently build analytics workloads to provide speed and agility at scale inPart 1 – Data Ingestion and Data LakeGuidance and best practices to optimize the components within the unified data governance, data movement, and purpose-built analytics pillars inPart 2 – Unified Data Governance, Data Movement, and Purpose-built AnalyticsHow to Select a Region for your Workload Based on Sustainability GoalsDid you know workloadRegion selectionsignificantly affects KPIs including performance, cost, and carbon footprint? For example, when an AWS Region is chosen based on the market-based method, emissions are calculated using the electricity that business purchases. Contracting and purchasing electricity produced by renewable energy sources like solar and wind are more sustainable. Region selection is is another part of the Well-Architected Framework Sustainability Pillar, and this blog post covers key considerations for choosing AWS Regions per workload.Check back soon for more earth-friendly advice from our experts!TAGS:Earth DayKate BrierleyKate is Digital Editor on the AWS Architecture Field Content team and specializes in technical writing and editing. With a background in information studies and information literacy, she is especially passionate about making high-level content accessible and engaging for its intended audience.
With Earth Month upon us and in celebration of Earth Day tomorrow, 4/22, sustainability is top-of-mind for individuals and organizations around the world. But it doesn’t take a certain time of year to act toward the urgent need to innovate and adopt smarter, more efficient solutions! Sustainable cloud architectures are fundamental to sustainable workloads, and […]
Kate Brierley
Architecture Sustainability