Last Tuesday, I killed three meetings with a single line of code. As our company’s sustainability lead, I wasn’t focusing on installing new solar panels or switching to electric vehicles. Instead, I was finalizing an algorithm that would eliminate unnecessary cross-country flights by optimizing our quarterly planning process. Carbon savings? Nearly 75 tons annually—with not...
I still remember walking into a hyperscale data center outside Bengaluru last year—the humming of thousands of servers, the blast of cold air, and the distinctive smell of electronics at work. What struck me most wasn’t the impressive technology, but a simple dashboard on the wall showing real-time power consumption. “We’re obsessed with that number,”...
Last month, I toured Singapore’s Punggol Digital District where buildings don’t just stand—they think. A central nervous system of 87,000 sensors monitors everything from occupancy patterns to microclimatic shifts. When afternoon heat intensified unexpectedly, I watched as the façade’s electrochromic glass autonomously tinted, external louvers adjusted angle, and the HVAC system recalibrated its cooling load—all...