Carbon-aware Name Resolution
Ryan Gibb, Patrick Ferris and Anil Madhavapeddy.
Abstract in the 1st International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing.
The current Internet architecture fails to treat the carbon emissions associated with networked services as a first-class metric. We propose extending the DNS with load balancing techniques to consider the carbon cost of scheduling decisions, and further to actively wake machines running networked services as a side effect of name resolution. By extending the DNS, we maintain compatibility with existing Internet infrastructure, unlocking the ability for existing applications to be carbon-aware.