Digital Infrastructure Bites off Carbon: How the Builders of the Digital Age Came Together to Combat Climate Change [Technology Leaders]

Abstract

I Started infrastructure Masons (iMasons) in 2016 to unite the builders of the digital age. How to define digital infrastructure is an ongoing discussion, as are questions about the size of the digital infrastructure industry. The answers to these questions are essential to answer one more: What is the industry’s carbon footprint? The answer to that question will serve as a baseline for the iMasons Climate Accord, which launched on 25 April 2022, and commits member companies to achieve carbon neutrality in power, materials, and products as a step toward net zero. To measure our industry’s carbon footprint, we need to define two things: what to measure and how to measure it.