Refusing the Burden of Computation: Edge Computing and Sustainable ICT
Journal article
De Valk, M. (2021). Refusing the Burden of Computation: Edge Computing and Sustainable ICT . APRJA. 10 (1), pp. 14-29. https://doi.org/10.7146/aprja.v10i1.128184
Authors | De Valk, M. |
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Abstract | This paper asks what we can learn from edge computing about the commitment of Big Tech to diminish its ecological footprint. The text starts with the COVID-19 pandemic being framed as opportunity for more sustainability and unpacks edge computing as one of the elements proposed as a solution, next to working from home. It interrogates the discourse behind these solutions, one of technological fixes that allow ‘business as usual’ to continue, undisturbed by government regulations, outsourcing the burden of environmental responsibility to citizens. The paper draws parallels between edge computing, Big Tech’s approach to sustainability and the history of the Sustainable ICT discourse and proposes that to truly diminish ICT’s footprint, a refusal of the burden of computation and digital enclosure (vendor lock-in) is needed, by collectively building and financing network services. |
Keywords | networks, decentralisation, commons, sustainability, ICT, edge computing |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | APRJA |
Journal citation | 10 (1), pp. 14-29 |
Publisher | Aarhus University |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.7146/aprja.v10i1.128184 |
Web address (URL) | https://aprja.net//article/view/128184 |
Publication dates | |
20 Aug 2021 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 20 Jul 2021 |
Deposited | 06 Sep 2021 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/8xwq2
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