AWS Global Infrastructure and Sustainability Blog
Category: AWS Global Infrastructure
Gemini delivers high performance, cloud-native trading API with AWS Local Zones
For latency-sensitive trading workloads, proximity to the exchange matters. Even single-digit millisecond differences in round-trip time can meaningfully influence the trading experience. This means that trading firms evaluating cloud infrastructure need to think carefully about instance placement, network configuration, and physical distance to execution venues. Gemini, a NASDAQ-listed exchange, wanted to take advantage of the […]
How AWS estimates embodied emissions of IT hardware: The science and technology behind the latest customer carbon footprint methodology
AWS recently updated the Customer Carbon Footprint Tool to include Scope 3 emissions for fuel and energy related activities (FERA), buildings and equipment, and IT hardware. This post dives deep into the scientific methods and technology stack behind how we calculate embodied emissions for IT hardware. We take you behind the scenes into the framework […]