Simplifying Carbon-Aware Computing in a Complex World
Infrastructure optimization is drowning in complexity. DevOps teams juggle multiple priorities—maintaining five 9's of uptime, controlling costs across hybrid environments, scaling efficiently—all while facing pressure to reduce carbon footprints without clear pathways to do so.
The Unseen Challenges of Modern Infrastructure
Today's reality:
- Complex Hybrid Environments make consistent optimization nearly impossible
- Siloed Decision Making separates cost and sustainability goals
- Missing Data forces teams to operate on approximations
- Signal Integration Gaps leave scheduling systems blind to carbon intensity and pricing fluctuations
- Optimization Guilt haunts teams who know they should optimize carbon but lack actionable tools
- Accelerating Growth in data centers means emissions will only increase without intervention
Introducing Compute Gardener
Within hours, your workloads can begin responding to real-world conditions - automatically shifting to times when your region's carbon intensity is lower or when electricity prices drop during off-peak hours.
This delivers immediate impact on both carbon emissions and costs without requiring you to rearchitect your systems or compromise performance. The scheduler integrates seamlessly with your existing Kubernetes infrastructure, allowing for controlled, gradual adoption.
Empowering Teams with Real-Time Insights
With Compute Gardener, infrastructure teams gain:
- Visibility into energy consumption patterns across workloads and nodes
- Control through namespace-level energy budgets with automated notifications
- Confidence from data-driven scheduling decisions based on methodologies aligned with Green Software Foundation guidelines
- Flexibility to optimize workloads based on their specific characteristics
- Value Creation potential through energy savings as carbon credits
From Complexity to Action
What makes Compute Gardener different:
- Immediate Impact: Begin optimizing workloads within hours
- Start Where You Are: Integrate with existing Kubernetes clusters
- Gradual Adoption: Test with namespace-level policies
- Automatic Adaptation: Respond dynamically to changing conditions
Our Path: Local Optimizations to Global Stewardship
Compute Gardener is open source because sustainable computing requires collective innovation. While our scheduler delivers immediate value with single-region carbon data, our forthcoming Enterprise API synthesizes a comprehensive global dataset across:
- Worldwide carbon intensity variations
- Dynamic electricity pricing
- Real-time cloud infrastructure costs
This enables both temporal optimization (when to run workloads) and spatial optimization (where to run them). Beyond optimization, we're also exploring how to transform saved energy—"nega-watts"—and mitigated carbon emissions—"nega-tons"—into validated carbon credits. This represents a fundamental shift: from sustainability as a cost center to sustainability as a value creator and potential revenue stream.
Join the Movement Toward Sustainable Computing
The path to sustainable infrastructure doesn't need to be through massive one-time changes—it can begin with accessible tools that enable continuous improvement. Compute Gardener provides these tools today, whether you're taking your first steps toward carbon-aware computing or ready to transform your entire approach to infrastructure.
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Whether you're looking to reduce operational costs, optimize infrastructure efficiency, or prepare for future carbon markets, we're here to help. Schedule a discussion with the Compute Gardener team to explore how our tools can address your specific infrastructure needs.
Let's build more efficient computing infrastructure together—where cost savings and sustainability go hand in hand.
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