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Smart City Clouds

Smart City Clouds

I was once asked by a French colleague of mine if Cloud Computing is ethically justifiable. At first I thought he was referring to Big Data Analytics and possible misuse of personal data, but in fact he was asking if the huge energy consumption of data centers and the impact on the environment outweighs the benefits of Cloud Computing. I was baffled at first because I couldn't really answer this question.

I did some research on this topic and found the solution in the combination of the two areas that I've been working on in the last couple of years: 'Smart Cities' use 'Cloud Computing' to make the urban environment more livable (and this is a huge benefit). This presentation summarizes my findings.

Michel Krämer

August 08, 2015
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  1. We use about 0.0003 KWh of energy to answer the

    average search query." " -- Google source: www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392654,00.asp
  2. One minute of streaming YouTube video consumes 0.0002 KWh of

    energy." " -- TIME magazine source: techland.time.com/2011/09/09/6-things-youd-never-guess-about-googles-energy-use/
  3. 4 min 0.0002 KWh/min 2,356,975,388 views x x 1,886 MWh

    example inspired by a talk given by Steve Strutt, IBM
  4. It is a confusion of ideas to suppose that the

    economical use of fuel is equivalent to diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth." " -- William Stanley Jevons, 1865 The Jevons Paradox
  5. Smart City Enhanced quality of life Intelligent resource management Appropriate

    infrastructures Participatory processes ICT-enabled governance source: Ludlow, Khan 2012
  6. Cloud Computing On-Demand Self Service Broad Network Access Resource Pooling

    Rapid Elasticity Measured Service source: NIST 2011
  7. On-Demand Self Service A consumer can unilaterally provision computing capabilities

    [...] without requiring human interaction [...]. source: NIST 2011
  8. Broad Network Access Capabilities are available over the network and

    [...] standard mechanisms that promote use by [...] thin or thick client platforms [...]. source: NIST 2011
  9. Resource Pooling [...] resources are pooled [...] according to consumer

    demand. [...] the customer generally has no control or knowledge over the exact location of the provided resources [...]. source: NIST 2011
  10. Rapid Elasticity Capabilities can be elastically provisioned and released [...]

    to scale rapidly [...]. To the consumer, the capabilities available [...] often appear to be unlimited [...]. source: NIST 2011
  11. Measured Service Cloud systems automatically control and optimize resource use

    [...]. Resource usage can be monitored, controlled, and reported, providing transparency for both the provider and consumer [...]. source: NIST 2011