A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the environmental impacts of computing activities

The Cambridge Sustainable Computing Lab is a multidisciplinary research group at the University of Cambridge (UK) committed to better understanding and mitigating the growing environmental impacts of digital infrastructures and activities such as data centres and AI.

Among other things, we build and maintain tools for carbon footprint estimation (through the Green Algorithms Initiative), study their effectiveness in improving sustainability, research the environmental and health impacts of data centres and AI, and manage the Green DiSC certification scheme.

We are a team of enthusiastic scientists passionate about making computing activities more environmentally sustainable. We strive to build an inclusive environment for research, and recognize the value of diversity in the process of discovery.

What’s new

👉 17/04/2026 - Loïc Lannelongue and Gabby Samuel (King’s College London) co-authored a paper in the Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science on ‘The Case for Greener Biomedical Data Science and How to Get There’

👉 08/05/2026 - Navirah Kamal receives prize for her “High Commended Talk” at SC4RC 2026 on “The Green Algorithms Dashboard: Bringing Carbon Visibility to Research Computing”

👉 08/05/2026 - Christina Bremer receives prize by the Swiss Physical Society for her “Highly Commended Poster” at SC4RC 2026 (collaborators: Jan van der Scheer and Loïc Lannelongue) on “How effective are carbon reporting tools in encouraging sustainable behaviours?”

Explore what else the lab has been up to in our News and Highlights page.