3 papers
cs.DC2025
Not All Water Consumption Is Equal: A Water Stress Weighted Metric for Sustainable Computing
Yanran Wu, Inez Hua, Yi Ding
Water consumption is an increasingly critical dimension of computing sustainability, especially as AI workloads rapidly scale. However, current water impact assessment often overlo…
cs.CY2025
When Servers Meet Species: A Fab-to-Grave Lens on Computing's Biodiversity Impact
Tianyao Shi, Ritbik Kumar, Inez Hua +1
Biodiversity loss is a critical planetary boundary, yet its connection to computing remains largely unexamined. Prior sustainability efforts in computing have focused on carbon and…
cs.LG2025
Unveiling Environmental Impacts of Large Language Model Serving: A Functional Unit View
Yanran Wu, Inez Hua, Yi Ding
Large language models (LLMs) offer powerful capabilities but come with significant environmental impact, particularly in carbon emissions. Existing studies benchmark carbon emissio…