Microsoft, Accenture, Goldman Collaborate On Lower Emission Software Development: Bloomberg

Microsoft Corp MSFT, Accenture PLC ACN, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS have collaborated with nonprofit firms like the Linux Foundation and climate groups for lower emission data center software, Bloomberg reports.
The Green Software Foundation, founded by Microsoft-owned GitHub and software consultancy ThoughtWorks, plans to build tools and standards for measuring the climate impact of software and train software engineers to build energy-efficient programs.
Data centers now account for 1% of global electricity demand, estimated to rise to 3% - 8% in the next ten years with more complex and processing-intensive software applications.
Cloud-computing companies like Microsoft, Amazon.com Inc AMZN, and Alphabet Inc’s GOOG GOOGL Google have committed to lower emission data center output. Multiple companies have announced their carbon-neutral goals.