JavaScript Saves the World
summary
Data centers emit about 3% of global greenhouse gases and electricity generation causes roughly 30% of emissions, so software choices matter: an average Dell server emits about 600 kg CO2/year at 100% utilization and still wastes electricity idling at 25–50% power, while embodied manufacturing adds ~320 kg/year over a four‑year life. Migrating HTTP endpoints to pay‑per‑use functions (Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions) with NestJS plus serverless tooling (nest add, Nitro docs, Hexa deploy) reduces wasted compute and therefore carbon.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Start
- 8:11CARBON NEUTRAL CLOUDS
- 10:00SERVER "CARBON" COST
- 10:19WHAT IS SERVERLESS?
- 11:56SERVERLESS IS GREENER BECAUSE?
- 14:38AZURE FUNCTIONS
- 15:46GOOGLE CLOUD FUNCTIONS
- 16:02AWS LAMBDA
- 16:38SUMMARY
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