30 November 2026 · In person
Grid, cooling and capacity day
re:Invent venues, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV — alongside AWS re:Invent 2026
Carbon-aware placement, water reporting and the economics of AI capacity.
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Green Computing Specialist Group
Energy use, grid interaction, cooling and the carbon accounting of data centres and the software that runs in them.
Cadence
Quarterly
Meeting pattern
Quarterly, on a Wednesday evening, 18:00–19:30 CT
Home venue
Austin Energy Town Lake Center, 721 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX
Format
Hybrid — in person with an online panel
Members
940
Founded
2022
Chair
Rachel Mbeki CITP
Role
Chair, Green Computing Specialist Group
What the group covers
- Data-centre energy and water use
- Grid interconnection and demand response
- Carbon-aware software engineering
- Hardware lifecycle and e-waste
Upcoming meetings and satellite days
Past meetings
- 1 December 2025Grid, cooling and capacity day — Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV (alongside AWS re:Invent 2025)
- 2 December 2024Cloud economics and carbon day — The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas, NV (alongside AWS re:Invent 2024)