In episode 77 of the Acceleration Economy Minute, Kieron Allen discusses Salesforce and its latest initiative. Salesforce ranks #6 on the Cloud Wars Top 10 shortlist.
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Highlights
00:37 — Salesforce has launched its Green Code initiative to help reduce the carbon footprints associated with the software development lifecycle. As part of the initiative, Salesforce conducted research that found around 75% of technologists want to develop software applications that are less harmful to the environment.
00:56 — In response to this research, the initiative includes sustainability best practices that help users who operate within the technology space reduce emissions. Kieron adds that this is an important step considering “that almost 4% of total global emissions come from computing and IT sectors.”
01:15 — Within the Green Code initiative, Salesforce is focusing on code optimization, in addition to hardware efficiencies and climate-conscious power generation.
01:45 — The recent boom around generative AI promises the acceleration of the scale of energy consumed at a rapid rate, making the Green Code initiative even more important.
