The Week in Green Software: Flexibility in the Age of AI

TWiGS hosts Kate and Tzviya are joined by Dave Masselink, founder of Compute Gardener, to discuss how software engineers can play a direct role in building a cleaner energy future. The conversation explores flexible computing, carbon aware workload scheduling, and the growing impact of AI on electricity demand, while highlighting practical ways developers can reduce emissions without sacrificing performance. They offer a grounded look at how better, flexible software decisions can support a more sustainable grid.

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• Tzviya Siegman: LinkedIn | Website
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• Dave Masselink: LinkedIn | Website

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News:

• EV Ep151 TWiGS: The AI Water Management Challenge with Masheika Allgood [08:24]
• Data centers are ready to negotiate flexibility for speed | Utility Dive [15:40]
• Sustainability Interoperability Layer for Operations (SILO) | GSF [25:47]
• Introducing Neuralwatt Cloud: Energy-Based AI Inference Pricing [33:23]
• How Gridware’s grid monitoring sensors won over a career lineman | Latitude Media [41:42]

Events:

• CNCF Environmental Sustainability Technical Community Group Meeting | 11 Aug 02:00 PM CEST (Virtual) [50:20]
• Green Software San Francisco Bay Area | Meetup | October 2026 (San Francisco) [50:40]

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