Environmental impact, circular economy, resource constraints, and ESG metrics in digital infrastructure.
Examine the energy consumption and environmental impact of digital infrastructure. Understand data center power usage, AI training costs, carbon emissions, and renewable energy transitions.
Understand the lifecycle of digital hardware from extraction to disposal. Learn about e-waste challenges, circular economy principles, right-to-repair movements, and sustainable design.
Analyze the physical resource demands of digital infrastructure. Examine water consumption for cooling, land use for data centers, and resource scarcity challenges.
Learn frameworks for measuring sustainability in digital economies. Understand ESG reporting, carbon accounting, scope 1/2/3 emissions, and gaps in current measurement approaches.