Junkyard computing
For specific workloads, clusters of repurposed phones are cheaper and more carbon efficient than traditional servers.
More broadly, scavenging unwanted equipment shows excellent potential for building economic and carbon-efficient
systems, especially when renewable energy is plentiful.
Junkyard Computing: Repurposing Discarded Smartphones to Minimize Carbon, Jennifer Switzer, Gabriel Marcano, Ryan Kastner, Pat Pannuto, ACM, 2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3575693.3575710
Gerry McGovern /
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