This Week in Green Software, host Chris Adams and Asim Hussain, Executive Director of the GSF discuss the latest developments in sustainable software, exploring topics like Microsoft's innovative use of cross-laminated timber in data centers to reduce embodied carbon, the environmental challenges of generative AI hardware, and the groundbreaking Real Time Cloud dataset. They delve into the impact of new international energy efficiency directives, the interplay between geopolitics and sustainability, and surprising developments in China's approach to sustainable technology. Packed with insights, this episode offers an in-depth look at the intersection of technology and climate action.Learn more about our people:Chris Adams: LinkedIn | GitHub | WebsiteAsim Hussain: LinkedIn | WebsiteFind out more about the GSF:The Green Software Foundation Website Sign up to the Green Software Foundation NewsletterNews:Microsoft tests hybrid timber datacenters to cut emissions • The Register [04:37]Microsoft Employs Wood Products to Help Decarbonize New Data Center Construction [09:50]Karl Rabe – WoodenDataCenter | LinkedIn [12:03]E-waste challenges of generative artificial intelligence | Nature [15:02]E-waste Challenges of Generative Artificial Intelligence | NetworkDEEWhat now? Trump, data centers, and the next four years [38:53]Nuclear? Perhaps! | Volts | Fanfare 数据中心绿色低碳发展专项行动计划 [48:08]Small datacenters face the axe under China's new energy policy [51:51]Resources:Listening notes: zero carbon cement on the Volts podcast [10:39]We are closing in on zero-carbon cement - by David Roberts [11:01]Wooden DataCenter | YouTube Dalston Works | Waugh Thistleton Architects REVEALED: Google's GINORMOUS £650m London Choc Factory • The Register [12:37]The AI datacenter, Nvidia's integrated AI factory vs Broadcom's open fabric [21:21]Computation