Category: planetary computer

Microsoft’s chief environmental officer on why we need a Planetary Computer

[ad_1] “Think of this less as a giant computer in a stark white room and more of an approach to computing that is planetary in scale and allows us to query every aspect of environmental and nature-based solutions available in real time,” Joppa wrote in a Scientific American op-ed last September. “We currently lack the […]

Microsoft hopes its ‘Planetary Computer’ will preserve biodiversity

[ad_1] Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it plans to be carbon negative by 2030. The company hopes to help other organizations, researchers and governments improve the environment as well, with its “Planetary Computer” project. The initiative is more nebulous than a single computer, though. The so-called Planetary Computer will take in data, process it […]