From Oddbox to MULTUS, London has always been fertile ground for companies changing those fundamental relationships to food, fashion and energy for the better. And as a London-based start-up focussed on cutting the cloud industry’s carbon, we’re more than happy to share this city with some of green and climate tech’s leading lights. The five green techs below are who we’re most excited to follow into 2024 and beyond.

PCE is a performance metric that evaluates the effective utilization of power in data centers. It measures the ratio of IT equipment power to the total power consumed, encompassing all aspects of the facility’s operations, including cooling and lighting. Unlike traditional metrics, PCE provides a comprehensive assessment of how power is used within data centers, aiming to optimize the actual power capacity available.

2023 was a big year for sustainability. More and more tech teams are realizing that sustainability is not a nice to have but a strategic priority for businesses. This conviction extends from leadership through to developers. I have been blown away by developers leading the charge to create innovative new tools for accountability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

The CSRD is a new regulation that mandates companies operating in the European Union (EU) to disclose their ESG performance and impact. This directive applies to both EU and non-EU companies, including US, Canadian and UK companies, with over 500 employees and listed on EU-regulated markets or operating in specific sectors like banking, insurance, energy, and transport.

These are 10 strategies for reducing Kubernetes costs. We’ve split them into pre-deployment, post-deployment and ongoing cost optimisation techniques to help people at the beginning and middle of their cloud journeys, as well as those who have fully adopted cloud and are just looking for a few extra pointers.