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For the 3rd edition of the GreenIO conference in Paris, I had the opportunity to attend one of the event’s three days. The international dimension, both of speakers and participants, allowed us to move beyond a France-centric framework. It places us in a broader perspective, where digital sustainability<\/a><\/strong> asserts itself as a global rather than local issue. Awareness must be collective. The community’s work shows that it is gaining maturity. We find increasingly relevant metrics and concrete solutions to implement. Here are some takeaways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Assessment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ga\u00ebl Duez (listen to his GreenIO podcast) aptly introduces the subject of digital sustainability. Echoing the emergence of the Middle Ages, Ga\u00ebl Duez asserts that the barbarians of tech are at our gates. Not that they have weapons and want to set fire to our datacenters, computers, and other smartphones. But it is time to act concretely against tech individualism for more responsible digital technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, this did not escape anyone’s notice: the world we knew no longer exists. We must now deal with the powers’ withdrawal into themselves, the end of multilateralism, which directly impacts access to resources necessary for building digital technology. And, of course, climate disruption. The impact of digital technology is exploding with AI. Should we encourage its adoption across the board? Or conversely, concentrate its deployment on major issues where its contribution would be decisive? Should tech be a power factor in this new world? Or remind us that it is possible to build sustainable projects on a global scale?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ga\u00ebl Duez ends with a quote from french philosopher Descartes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Judge a man by his questions, rather than by his answers”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

All presentations are available online at greenio.tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breaking the rules<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the spirit of transforming our approach to responsible digital technology and to digital technology in general, the day began with an original session. Recognised sector actors took turns playing the role of defender of the status quo or that of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This gave rise to some comical moments where people like Sasha Luccioni from Hugging Face, Th\u00e9o Alvez Da Costa from Data for Good, or Boris Gamazaychikov from Salesforce mockingly defended ideas such as putting a datacenter in space!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Among the questions raised:<\/p>\n\n\n\n