Month: April 2026

More than 100 local high school students gained a behind-the-scenes look at careers in live entertainment when AEG Presents and Goldenvoice hosted a career exposure day at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA on April 15, 2026.

Held in partnership with the Mobius Conference, a two-day program exploring art, culture, and politics, the program was designed to help students interested in production and creative industries translate their passions with real-world career pathways. The immersive experience began at the “Party In My Living Room” activation, where students participated in a production-focused walkthrough and worked alongside producers in the studio to create original beats.

The day included a series of panel discussions featuring industry leaders who shared candid insights into their professional journeys and the technical expertise to produce world-class events.

Panelists included Anne Buovolo, Production Manager for Goldenvoice, Patrick Fontenette, Production Manager for AEG Presents, Taran Cornejo, Director of Marketing for AEG Presents, and AEG Presents Account Executive Sophie Webb. The discussion was moderated by AEG Presents’ Twana Simmons.

In addition to the panel, students took part in a student-led discussion focused on mental health, followed by a keynote from Keanna KJ Rose Henson, Author, Grammy Award Winning Artist Development & Performance Expert. Students also participated in a dance activation led by celebrity choreographer Dayne Sempert. Together, these hands-on experiences were designed to demystify the live entertainment industry and equip students with practical tools to navigate the workforce after graduation.

Each Earth Day, global conversation around climate action sharpens. For the trade and logistics sector, the question is no longer whether to act, but how quickly meaningful, scalable solutions can be delivered.

Across the Americas, DP World is answering that call. Through clean energy innovation, ecosystem protection, and measurable emissions reductions, teams across the Americas are embedding environmental stewardship into the core of how trade moves.

Decarbonizing Operations: From Hydrogen to Electrification

DP World is accelerating the shift away from diesel-dependent operations, deploying both next-generation technologies and proven electrification strategies.

In Canada, DP World piloted a hydrogen fuel cell-powered crane at the Port of Vancouver, a breakthrough initiative that signals the potential for zero-emission cargo handling equipment at scale.

Across Latin America, decarbonization is already delivering measurable results:

• In Brazil, DP World electrified 13 rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes at the Port of Santos, cutting diesel consumption by up to 60% and significantly reducing emissions
• In the Dominican Republic, an on-site 5,120-kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic plant is expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 3,527 tons annually. The installation will also increase the share of the site’s energy generated from on-site solar to 10%, reducing reliance on fossil-based power.
• In Peru, DP World’s Callao terminal reduced its carbon footprint by approximately 22%, even as cargo volumes increased. This was driven by a multi-phase electrification program, including the deployment of three electric pickup trucks, five forklifts, 20 internal transfer vehicles (ITVs), and 12 electric rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs), alongside the installation of charging stations and a busbar system. In parallel, 10 RTGs from the terminal’s existing fleet were retrofitted for 100% electric operation.
• In Peru, DP World is advancing zero-emission landside logistics. Its growing fleet of electric trucks at the Port of Callao has already completed the equivalent of 18 round-the-world trips with zero emissions, demonstrating how decarbonization can extend beyond the terminal gate and across the supply chain.

Together, these efforts reflect a regional strategy that combines innovation with scale – deploying solutions that are both forward-looking and immediately impactful.

Protecting Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

Operating at the intersection of trade and nature, DP World is also advancing solutions that protect biodiversity across coastal regions.

At DP World’s Prince Rupert terminal in Canada, a partnership was formed with Ocean Wise to support whale protection through the Whale Report Alert System (WRAS) — a real-time tool that helps vessels reduce the risk of ship strikes and underwater noise disruption.

Across Latin America, similar ecosystem-focused initiatives are delivering impact at scale:

• In Ecuador, DP World helped place more than 900 hectares of mangroves under community stewardship, protecting critical coastal ecosystems and strengthening marine biodiversity. The company is also piloting innovative “Living Seawalls,” a nature-based solution designed to enhance marine biodiversity along port infrastructure. By integrating specially designed habitat panels into seawalls, the initiative helps restore marine ecosystems in urbanized coastal environments while reinforcing climate resilience.
• In the Dominican Republic, ongoing mangrove restoration and watershed projects are enhancing climate resilience and water security. Across Latin America, mangrove restoration and watershed protection initiatives are strengthening natural defenses against climate impacts — supporting both biodiversity and the long-term resilience of trade-critical coastal infrastructure.
• In Brazil, environmental investments include mangrove conservation, biomass reuse, and waste reduction programs. DP World’s Santos terminal was the first in Brazil – and within the DP World network – to implement a “Zero Landfill” program, converting non-recyclable waste into sustainable energy using technologies such as RDF (Refuse-Derived Fuel). Since its 2022 launch, the program has diverted 2,000 tons of solid waste from landfills, some of the most carbon-intensive destinations.

These efforts underscore a shared understanding: resilient supply chains depend on healthy ecosystems.

Scaling Cleaner Energy and Circular Solutions

Beyond equipment and infrastructure, DP World is working with partners to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy across port ecosystems.

In Canada, DP World’s participation in the Green Marine environmental certification program continues to drive measurable improvements in emissions, water quality, and environmental performance, while its support of the eco-diesel initiative in Prince Rupert drives adoption of lower-carbon fuels across port operations.

In Latin America, this same commitment is reflected in:

• 100% renewable electricity operations in Chile, making DP World’s Lirquén terminal the first port in South America powered entirely by renewable energy.
• Enabling the region’s broader energy transition by facilitating the transport of critical components such as wind turbines and electric bus fleets through DP World terminals – supporting the growth of renewable energy and clean mobility markets across Latin America.
• Advancing circular economy practices, from biomass reuse to waste diversion, helping reduce environmental impact while improving operational efficiency, reinforcing DP World’s commitment to low-waste port ecosystems.

By aligning operational performance with energy transition goals, DP World is helping build lower-carbon supply chains across the hemisphere.

Marking Earth Day with Measurable Progress

Earth Day is ultimately about accountability and progress.

Across the Americas, DP World is demonstrating what that progress looks like in practice: lower emissions, cleaner energy, protected ecosystems, and partnerships that scale impact.

As global trade continues to evolve, DP World’s approach is clear: build supply chains that not only move goods efficiently, but also protect the natural systems that make trade possible.

Learn more about DP World’s Canada impact

Learn more about DP World’s Latin America impact

Each Earth Day, global conversation around climate action sharpens. For the trade and logistics sector, the question is no longer whether to act, but how quickly meaningful, scalable solutions can be delivered.

Across the Americas, DP World is answering that call. Through clean energy innovation, ecosystem protection, and measurable emissions reductions, teams across the Americas are embedding environmental stewardship into the core of how trade moves.

Decarbonizing Operations: From Hydrogen to Electrification

DP World is accelerating the shift away from diesel-dependent operations, deploying both next-generation technologies and proven electrification strategies.

In Canada, DP World piloted a hydrogen fuel cell-powered crane at the Port of Vancouver, a breakthrough initiative that signals the potential for zero-emission cargo handling equipment at scale.

Across Latin America, decarbonization is already delivering measurable results:

• In Brazil, DP World electrified 13 rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes at the Port of Santos, cutting diesel consumption by up to 60% and significantly reducing emissions
• In the Dominican Republic, an on-site 5,120-kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic plant is expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 3,527 tons annually. The installation will also increase the share of the site’s energy generated from on-site solar to 10%, reducing reliance on fossil-based power.
• In Peru, DP World’s Callao terminal reduced its carbon footprint by approximately 22%, even as cargo volumes increased. This was driven by a multi-phase electrification program, including the deployment of three electric pickup trucks, five forklifts, 20 internal transfer vehicles (ITVs), and 12 electric rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs), alongside the installation of charging stations and a busbar system. In parallel, 10 RTGs from the terminal’s existing fleet were retrofitted for 100% electric operation.
• In Peru, DP World is advancing zero-emission landside logistics. Its growing fleet of electric trucks at the Port of Callao has already completed the equivalent of 18 round-the-world trips with zero emissions, demonstrating how decarbonization can extend beyond the terminal gate and across the supply chain.

Together, these efforts reflect a regional strategy that combines innovation with scale – deploying solutions that are both forward-looking and immediately impactful.

Protecting Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

Operating at the intersection of trade and nature, DP World is also advancing solutions that protect biodiversity across coastal regions.

At DP World’s Prince Rupert terminal in Canada, a partnership was formed with Ocean Wise to support whale protection through the Whale Report Alert System (WRAS) — a real-time tool that helps vessels reduce the risk of ship strikes and underwater noise disruption.

Across Latin America, similar ecosystem-focused initiatives are delivering impact at scale:

• In Ecuador, DP World helped place more than 900 hectares of mangroves under community stewardship, protecting critical coastal ecosystems and strengthening marine biodiversity. The company is also piloting innovative “Living Seawalls,” a nature-based solution designed to enhance marine biodiversity along port infrastructure. By integrating specially designed habitat panels into seawalls, the initiative helps restore marine ecosystems in urbanized coastal environments while reinforcing climate resilience.
• In the Dominican Republic, ongoing mangrove restoration and watershed projects are enhancing climate resilience and water security. Across Latin America, mangrove restoration and watershed protection initiatives are strengthening natural defenses against climate impacts — supporting both biodiversity and the long-term resilience of trade-critical coastal infrastructure.
• In Brazil, environmental investments include mangrove conservation, biomass reuse, and waste reduction programs. DP World’s Santos terminal was the first in Brazil – and within the DP World network – to implement a “Zero Landfill” program, converting non-recyclable waste into sustainable energy using technologies such as RDF (Refuse-Derived Fuel). Since its 2022 launch, the program has diverted 2,000 tons of solid waste from landfills, some of the most carbon-intensive destinations.

These efforts underscore a shared understanding: resilient supply chains depend on healthy ecosystems.

Scaling Cleaner Energy and Circular Solutions

Beyond equipment and infrastructure, DP World is working with partners to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy across port ecosystems.

In Canada, DP World’s participation in the Green Marine environmental certification program continues to drive measurable improvements in emissions, water quality, and environmental performance, while its support of the eco-diesel initiative in Prince Rupert drives adoption of lower-carbon fuels across port operations.

In Latin America, this same commitment is reflected in:

• 100% renewable electricity operations in Chile, making DP World’s Lirquén terminal the first port in South America powered entirely by renewable energy.
• Enabling the region’s broader energy transition by facilitating the transport of critical components such as wind turbines and electric bus fleets through DP World terminals – supporting the growth of renewable energy and clean mobility markets across Latin America.
• Advancing circular economy practices, from biomass reuse to waste diversion, helping reduce environmental impact while improving operational efficiency, reinforcing DP World’s commitment to low-waste port ecosystems.

By aligning operational performance with energy transition goals, DP World is helping build lower-carbon supply chains across the hemisphere.

Marking Earth Day with Measurable Progress

Earth Day is ultimately about accountability and progress.

Across the Americas, DP World is demonstrating what that progress looks like in practice: lower emissions, cleaner energy, protected ecosystems, and partnerships that scale impact.

As global trade continues to evolve, DP World’s approach is clear: build supply chains that not only move goods efficiently, but also protect the natural systems that make trade possible.

Learn more about DP World’s Canada impact

Learn more about DP World’s Latin America impact

by Kitty Broihier

Originally published on Guiding Stars Health & Nutrition News

Maybe you’ve never given your liver a second thought. But there’s a good chance you’ve seen social media posts and videos that have you wondering if yours is ok. Please don’t rush out and buy some random liver detox potion “just in case.” Instead, take a minute to read up on what you need to know about your amazing liver and how to keep this largest internal organ in good shape.

Meet Your Liver

Your liver is a workaholic. Out of the hundreds of jobs it does, the biggest is to filter your blood—about 22 gallons every hour. Its other functions support metabolism, immunity, digestion, and detoxification. Here are some examples of what your liver is up to day in and day out: 

• Producing bile, which helps break down fats in the small intestine
• Producing cholesterol and proteins that transport fats around the body
• Storing excess glucose as glycogen for when that energy is needed
• Regulating blood clotting
• Storing fat-soluble vitamins
• Metabolizing or detoxifying harmful substances from the body, such as drugs and toxins

Liver Disease Basics

As important to health as the liver is, it makes sense to take care of it as best you can. Of course, not all liver diseases are improved with a healthy diet. Some liver diseases are genetic or the result of an autoimmune condition, virus, or injury. However, fat accumulation in the liver (often referred to as a “fatty liver”) is related to lifestyle. Heavy alcohol consumption, for example, can cause one type of fatty liver. Another used to be called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and is now known as Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD). High cholesterol, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes all link to MASLD.

MASLD is the most common liver disease worldwide, and that’s what we’re focusing on here. Eating a healthy diet and exercising doesn’t guarantee you won’t get liver disease. But taking steps toward prevention can help correct common characteristics among people with fatty liver, including insulin resistance, inflammation, elevated blood fats, and an imbalanced gut microbiome. 

What Is a Liver-Friendly Diet?

First, let me share what a liver-friendly eating plan isn’t. It isn’t something that relies on liver “cleanses,” “flushes,” or pricey supplements. A diet that’s healthy for your liver includes plenty of whole foods that support liver function. You’ll eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, whole grains, and seafood (especially those high in omega-3 fatty acids). And you’ll drink coffee and green tea, along with lots of water. What you’ll avoid is fast foods, highly processed foods, added sugars, and alcohol. If you recognize this as being a lot like the Mediterranean diet, you’re right!

Foods for a Healthy Liver

A nutrient-dense, plant-forward eating style supports liver function by helping to correct the conditions that contribute to fatty liver development. This type of diet works for liver health because it:

Provides plenty of polyphenols — these antioxidants can help prevent MASLD by lowering inflammation, boosting insulin sensitivity, and decreasing fat accumulation. Good sources of polyphenols include:

• Berries
• Nuts and seeds
• Dark chocolate/cacao
• 100% whole grain wheat or rye
• Dark, leafy greens
• Dried herbs and spices
• Coffee and green/black tea

Fights chronic inflammation — by supplying natural compounds that help dampen inflammatory responses while also limiting foods known to contribute to inflammation. An anti-inflammatory eating plan is rich in fiber and nutrients, while low in saturated fats, sugar, and red/processed meat.

Helps with weight management — getting to (and maintaining) a healthy weight is a main focus for preventing and treating MASLD. A Mediterranean eating style is a great choice of eating plan for liver support. It’s a healthy and sustainable way to lose weight. And it emphasizes many of the same foods that aid liver function, too.

Looking for Recipe Ideas?

If you’re feeling stuck for ideas about recipes that are suitable for liver health, check out the collection of Mediterranean-inspired recipes on the Guiding Stars website (enter “Mediterranean” into the search box). The Mediterranean Antipasto Tuna Salad is an easy and economical favorite of mine, and perfect for upcoming warmer weather.

About Guiding Stars

Guiding Stars is an objective, evidence-based, nutrition guidance program that evaluates foods and beverages to make nutritious choices simple. Products that meet transparent nutrition criteria earn a 1, 2, or 3 star rating for good, better, and best nutrition. Guiding Stars can be found in more than 2,000 grocery stores, in Circana’ Attribute Marketplace, and through the Guiding Stars Food Finder app.

*Mediterranean Chicken Salad – 2 Guiding Stars

by Kitty Broihier

Originally published on Guiding Stars Health & Nutrition News

Maybe you’ve never given your liver a second thought. But there’s a good chance you’ve seen social media posts and videos that have you wondering if yours is ok. Please don’t rush out and buy some random liver detox potion “just in case.” Instead, take a minute to read up on what you need to know about your amazing liver and how to keep this largest internal organ in good shape.

Meet Your Liver

Your liver is a workaholic. Out of the hundreds of jobs it does, the biggest is to filter your blood—about 22 gallons every hour. Its other functions support metabolism, immunity, digestion, and detoxification. Here are some examples of what your liver is up to day in and day out: 

• Producing bile, which helps break down fats in the small intestine
• Producing cholesterol and proteins that transport fats around the body
• Storing excess glucose as glycogen for when that energy is needed
• Regulating blood clotting
• Storing fat-soluble vitamins
• Metabolizing or detoxifying harmful substances from the body, such as drugs and toxins

Liver Disease Basics

As important to health as the liver is, it makes sense to take care of it as best you can. Of course, not all liver diseases are improved with a healthy diet. Some liver diseases are genetic or the result of an autoimmune condition, virus, or injury. However, fat accumulation in the liver (often referred to as a “fatty liver”) is related to lifestyle. Heavy alcohol consumption, for example, can cause one type of fatty liver. Another used to be called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and is now known as Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD). High cholesterol, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes all link to MASLD.

MASLD is the most common liver disease worldwide, and that’s what we’re focusing on here. Eating a healthy diet and exercising doesn’t guarantee you won’t get liver disease. But taking steps toward prevention can help correct common characteristics among people with fatty liver, including insulin resistance, inflammation, elevated blood fats, and an imbalanced gut microbiome. 

What Is a Liver-Friendly Diet?

First, let me share what a liver-friendly eating plan isn’t. It isn’t something that relies on liver “cleanses,” “flushes,” or pricey supplements. A diet that’s healthy for your liver includes plenty of whole foods that support liver function. You’ll eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, whole grains, and seafood (especially those high in omega-3 fatty acids). And you’ll drink coffee and green tea, along with lots of water. What you’ll avoid is fast foods, highly processed foods, added sugars, and alcohol. If you recognize this as being a lot like the Mediterranean diet, you’re right!

Foods for a Healthy Liver

A nutrient-dense, plant-forward eating style supports liver function by helping to correct the conditions that contribute to fatty liver development. This type of diet works for liver health because it:

Provides plenty of polyphenols — these antioxidants can help prevent MASLD by lowering inflammation, boosting insulin sensitivity, and decreasing fat accumulation. Good sources of polyphenols include:

• Berries
• Nuts and seeds
• Dark chocolate/cacao
• 100% whole grain wheat or rye
• Dark, leafy greens
• Dried herbs and spices
• Coffee and green/black tea

Fights chronic inflammation — by supplying natural compounds that help dampen inflammatory responses while also limiting foods known to contribute to inflammation. An anti-inflammatory eating plan is rich in fiber and nutrients, while low in saturated fats, sugar, and red/processed meat.

Helps with weight management — getting to (and maintaining) a healthy weight is a main focus for preventing and treating MASLD. A Mediterranean eating style is a great choice of eating plan for liver support. It’s a healthy and sustainable way to lose weight. And it emphasizes many of the same foods that aid liver function, too.

Looking for Recipe Ideas?

If you’re feeling stuck for ideas about recipes that are suitable for liver health, check out the collection of Mediterranean-inspired recipes on the Guiding Stars website (enter “Mediterranean” into the search box). The Mediterranean Antipasto Tuna Salad is an easy and economical favorite of mine, and perfect for upcoming warmer weather.

About Guiding Stars

Guiding Stars is an objective, evidence-based, nutrition guidance program that evaluates foods and beverages to make nutritious choices simple. Products that meet transparent nutrition criteria earn a 1, 2, or 3 star rating for good, better, and best nutrition. Guiding Stars can be found in more than 2,000 grocery stores, in Circana’ Attribute Marketplace, and through the Guiding Stars Food Finder app.

*Mediterranean Chicken Salad – 2 Guiding Stars

New foundational technologies that change the world often require massive infrastructure to achieve scale and global adoption. Historically, innovation follows this path: Railroads, highways and global communications networks each enabled new modes of commerce and connection, but only after significant investments in infrastructure.

It’s no different for artificial intelligence.

This Earth Day, as AI infrastructure rapidly expands, one message is clear: Energy efficiency will largely shape the long-term impacts of this transformational technology. In the years ahead, the bottleneck for AI is becoming less about compute and more about real-world constraints on power, cooling, water and grid capacity. Global data center electricity demand is projected to more than double by 2030, reaching about 945 terawatt hours per year, about the current electricity consumption of Japan.

We are at a pivotal moment for technology companies, data center operators, policymakers and standard setting bodies to accelerate adoption of open standards, modular designs and system‑level efficiency. At AMD, we are committed to these principles and are laser-focused on maximizing compute performance per watt of energy, especially in the data center.

For more than a decade, we have set and achieved bold, public, time-bound goals that scale from chips to accelerated compute nodes to full server racks.ⁱ Our current goal is to deliver a 20x improvement in rack‑scale energy efficiency for AI training and inference between 2024 and 2030.ⁱⁱ What does that mean in practice? Training an average AI model in 2025 that may require several hundred server racks could require roughly one rack by 2030, using 95% less electricity and producing a fraction of the carbon emissions.ⁱⁱⁱ

It’s an ambitious goal. And Earth Day is a fitting moment to explain how we plan to get there.

Start with Efficiency at the Core

In digital infrastructure, inefficiency compounds. Energy wasted at the processor ripples outward through the server, cluster, data center and, ultimately, the grid – driving additional demand for cooling, power conversion, redundancy and transmission, magnifying inefficiency across the ecosystem.

When chips and servers deliver more performance per watt, the benefits cascade across the entire system. At a time when demand for AI compute far exceeds supply, maximizing existing data center and grid infrastructure is imperative. This is also an area where AI itself can help.

At AMD we applied AI‑driven automation and analytics our own internal IT grid infrastructure, reducing operational and maintenance costs by an average of 20% to 25%.^iv By using AI to predict demand, optimizing utilization in real time and automating issue resolution through intelligent workflows and chatbots, we shifted from reactive infrastructure management to a more adaptive, self‑optimizing model. The effort demonstrates how AI can unlock efficiency gains in products and across digital infrastructure itself.

Scale Through Modular and Open Design

Unlocking the next step‑change in efficiency increasingly depends on deep industry collaboration and transparency across hardware, software and systems integration. Design choices at the chip and rack level directly affect cooling, power distribution, facility design and grid demand. When these elements are optimized in isolation or locked into proprietary systems, the ecosystem bears the cost.

That is why AMD is committed to an open ecosystem. Industry alignment around open standards and interoperable designs allows innovation to scale rapidly, deployments to accelerate and energy efficiency gains to compound.

We are proud to hold leadership roles in the Open Compute Project, where companies share design specifications to enable interoperable systems, modular building blocks and component-level upgrades to extend lifecycles. We also help lead organizations like The Green Grid to advance common definitions and system-level thinking on energy and water efficiency, supporting more consistent design choices, benchmarking and transparency across the data center ecosystem. In software, we support open-sourced development through the AMD ROCm™ platform. We believe continued innovation at the software and AI-model level will act as a powerful force multiplier, amplifying our 20x energy-efficiency goal by up to fivefold and together enabling a potential 100x increase in the energy efficiency of AI training by 2030.^v

Manage Resources Across the Life Cycle

Modern AI server racks contain tens of thousands of components, weigh several thousand pounds and can embody tons of carbon emissions before they are ever powered on. Transporting, decommissioning and recycling introduce additional costs and emissions over the hardware life cycle. Servers that operate more efficiently and for longer deliver more useful compute within real-world economic and environmental constraints.

Viewed through a circular economy lens, responsible life cycle management prioritizes extracting the greatest practical value from every component across every stage of their life cycle. It starts with modular, open designs that enable interoperable, repairable and upgradable systems. It includes extending system lifetimes, adapting to changing workloads and minimizing waste. And when systems reach end-of-use, component recovery and high-value recycling can return materials to the supply chain while helping create space for new generations of more energy-efficient servers.

These practices can allow organizations to consolidate equipment and reduce energy use or increase compute performance without expanding their physical footprint. This can deliver total cost of ownership benefits that include electricity and carbon emissions (Scope 2), while reducing or deferring upstream and downstream value chain emissions (Scope 3). Managing resources across the life cycle helps defer both financial and environmental costs.

Design for Sustainability

Taken together, efficiency at the compute layer, openness at the system level and responsibility across the full life cycle form a powerful flywheel. Performance-per-watt gains cascade across data centers, value chains and the grid.

As AI continues to scale, it is increasingly evident that innovation and sustainability are most effective when they are intentionally designed to move together.

Footnotes

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^{[i] Statement based on AMD setting its 25×20 goal in 2014 and demonstrating public energy efficiency goals to the current period in 2026: https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/957/amd-exceeds-six-year-goal-to-deliver-unprecedented-25-times-improvement-in-mobile-processor-energy-efficiency; https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/corporate-responsibility/data-center-sustainability.html}

^{[ii] AMD based advanced racks for AI training/inference in each year (2024 to 2030) based on AMD roadmaps, also examining historical trends to inform rack design choices and technology improvements to align projected goals and historical trends. The 2024 rack is based on the MI300X node, which is comparable to the Nvidia H100 and reflects current common practice in AI deployments in 2024/2025 timeframe. The 2030 rack is based on an AMD system and silicon design expectations for that time frame. In each case, AMD specified components like GPUs, CPUs, DRAM, storage, cooling, and communications, tracking component and defined rack characteristics for power and performance. Calculations do not include power used for cooling air or water supply outside the racks but do include power for fans and pumps internal to the racks.}

	FLOPS	HBM BW	Scale-up BW
Training	70.0%	10.0%	20.0%
Inference	45.0%	32.5%	22.5%

^{Performance and power use per rack together imply trends in performance per watt over time for training and inference, then indices for progress in training and inference are weighted 50:50 to get the final estimate of AMD projected progress by 2030 (20x). The performance number assumes continued AI model progress in exploiting lower precision math formats for both training and inference which results in both an increase in effective FLOPS and a reduction in required bandwidth per FLOP.}

^{We commissioned Dr. Koomey to analyze historical industry data and projected AMD data on compute performance and power consumption. We then worked with Dr. Koomey to develop a goal methodology aligned with industry-accepted best-practices for efficiency assessments. This methodology allows us to compare our goal to historical industry gains, track our progress against the goal over time, and to estimate environmental benefits of achieving the goal in real world AI deployment.}

^{[iii] AMD estimated the number of racks to train a typical notable AI model based on EPOCH AI data (https://epoch.ai). For this calculation we assume, based on these data, that a typical model takes 1025 floating point operations to train (based on the median of 2025 data), and that this training takes place over 1 month. FLOPs needed = 10^25 FLOPs/(seconds/month)/Model FLOPs utilization (MFU) = 10^25/(2.6298*10^6)/0.6. Racks = FLOPs needed/(FLOPS/rack in 2024 and 2030). The compute performance estimates from the AMD roadmap suggests that approximately 276 racks would be needed in 2025 to train a typical model over one month using the MI300X product (assuming 22.656 PFLOPS/rack with 60% MFU) and <1 fully utilized rack would be needed to train the same model in 2030 using a rack configuration based on an AMD roadmap projection. These calculations imply a >276-fold reduction in the number of racks to train the same model over this six-year period. Electricity use for a MI300X system to completely train a defined 2025 AI model using a 2024 rack is calculated at ~7GWh, whereas the future 2030 AMD system could train the same model using ~350 MWh, a 95% reduction. AMD then applied carbon intensities per kWh from the International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook 2024 [https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2024]. IEA’s stated policy case gives carbon intensities for 2023 and 2030. We determined the average annual change in intensity from 2023 to 2030 and applied that to the 2023 intensity to get 2024 intensity (434 CO2 g/kWh) versus the 2030 intensity (312 CO2 g/kWh). Emissions for the 2024 baseline scenario of 7 GWh x 434 CO2 g/kWh equates to approximately 3000 metric tC02, versus the future 2030 scenario of 350 MWh x 312 CO2 g/kWh equates to around100 metric tCO2.}

^{[iv]https://www.amd.com/en/blogs/2026/enhancing-amd-it-grid-infrastructure-efficiency-with-ai.html}

^{[v] Regression analysis of achieved accuracy/parameter across a selection of model benchmarks, such as MMLU, HellaSwag, and ARC Challenge, show that improving efficiency of ML model architectures through novel algorithmic techniques, such as Mixture of Experts and State Space Models for example, can improve their efficiency by roughly 5x during the goal period. Similar numbers are quoted in Patterson, D., J. Gonzalez, U. Hölzle, Q. Le, C. Liang, L. M. Munguia, D. Rothchild, D. R. So, M. Texier, and J. Dean. 2022. “The Carbon Footprint of Machine Learning Training Will Plateau, Then Shrink.” Computer. vol. 55, no. 7. pp. 18-28.” Therefore, assuming innovation continues at the current pace, a 20x hardware and system design goal amplified by a 5x software and algorithm advancements can lead to a 100x total gain by 2030.}

New foundational technologies that change the world often require massive infrastructure to achieve scale and global adoption. Historically, innovation follows this path: Railroads, highways and global communications networks each enabled new modes of commerce and connection, but only after significant investments in infrastructure.

It’s no different for artificial intelligence.

This Earth Day, as AI infrastructure rapidly expands, one message is clear: Energy efficiency will largely shape the long-term impacts of this transformational technology. In the years ahead, the bottleneck for AI is becoming less about compute and more about real-world constraints on power, cooling, water and grid capacity. Global data center electricity demand is projected to more than double by 2030, reaching about 945 terawatt hours per year, about the current electricity consumption of Japan.

We are at a pivotal moment for technology companies, data center operators, policymakers and standard setting bodies to accelerate adoption of open standards, modular designs and system‑level efficiency. At AMD, we are committed to these principles and are laser-focused on maximizing compute performance per watt of energy, especially in the data center.

For more than a decade, we have set and achieved bold, public, time-bound goals that scale from chips to accelerated compute nodes to full server racks.ⁱ Our current goal is to deliver a 20x improvement in rack‑scale energy efficiency for AI training and inference between 2024 and 2030.ⁱⁱ What does that mean in practice? Training an average AI model in 2025 that may require several hundred server racks could require roughly one rack by 2030, using 95% less electricity and producing a fraction of the carbon emissions.ⁱⁱⁱ

It’s an ambitious goal. And Earth Day is a fitting moment to explain how we plan to get there.

Start with Efficiency at the Core

In digital infrastructure, inefficiency compounds. Energy wasted at the processor ripples outward through the server, cluster, data center and, ultimately, the grid – driving additional demand for cooling, power conversion, redundancy and transmission, magnifying inefficiency across the ecosystem.

When chips and servers deliver more performance per watt, the benefits cascade across the entire system. At a time when demand for AI compute far exceeds supply, maximizing existing data center and grid infrastructure is imperative. This is also an area where AI itself can help.

At AMD we applied AI‑driven automation and analytics our own internal IT grid infrastructure, reducing operational and maintenance costs by an average of 20% to 25%.^iv By using AI to predict demand, optimizing utilization in real time and automating issue resolution through intelligent workflows and chatbots, we shifted from reactive infrastructure management to a more adaptive, self‑optimizing model. The effort demonstrates how AI can unlock efficiency gains in products and across digital infrastructure itself.

Scale Through Modular and Open Design

Unlocking the next step‑change in efficiency increasingly depends on deep industry collaboration and transparency across hardware, software and systems integration. Design choices at the chip and rack level directly affect cooling, power distribution, facility design and grid demand. When these elements are optimized in isolation or locked into proprietary systems, the ecosystem bears the cost.

That is why AMD is committed to an open ecosystem. Industry alignment around open standards and interoperable designs allows innovation to scale rapidly, deployments to accelerate and energy efficiency gains to compound.

We are proud to hold leadership roles in the Open Compute Project, where companies share design specifications to enable interoperable systems, modular building blocks and component-level upgrades to extend lifecycles. We also help lead organizations like The Green Grid to advance common definitions and system-level thinking on energy and water efficiency, supporting more consistent design choices, benchmarking and transparency across the data center ecosystem. In software, we support open-sourced development through the AMD ROCm™ platform. We believe continued innovation at the software and AI-model level will act as a powerful force multiplier, amplifying our 20x energy-efficiency goal by up to fivefold and together enabling a potential 100x increase in the energy efficiency of AI training by 2030.^v

Manage Resources Across the Life Cycle

Modern AI server racks contain tens of thousands of components, weigh several thousand pounds and can embody tons of carbon emissions before they are ever powered on. Transporting, decommissioning and recycling introduce additional costs and emissions over the hardware life cycle. Servers that operate more efficiently and for longer deliver more useful compute within real-world economic and environmental constraints.

Viewed through a circular economy lens, responsible life cycle management prioritizes extracting the greatest practical value from every component across every stage of their life cycle. It starts with modular, open designs that enable interoperable, repairable and upgradable systems. It includes extending system lifetimes, adapting to changing workloads and minimizing waste. And when systems reach end-of-use, component recovery and high-value recycling can return materials to the supply chain while helping create space for new generations of more energy-efficient servers.

These practices can allow organizations to consolidate equipment and reduce energy use or increase compute performance without expanding their physical footprint. This can deliver total cost of ownership benefits that include electricity and carbon emissions (Scope 2), while reducing or deferring upstream and downstream value chain emissions (Scope 3). Managing resources across the life cycle helps defer both financial and environmental costs.

Design for Sustainability

Taken together, efficiency at the compute layer, openness at the system level and responsibility across the full life cycle form a powerful flywheel. Performance-per-watt gains cascade across data centers, value chains and the grid.

As AI continues to scale, it is increasingly evident that innovation and sustainability are most effective when they are intentionally designed to move together.

Footnotes

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^{[i] Statement based on AMD setting its 25×20 goal in 2014 and demonstrating public energy efficiency goals to the current period in 2026: https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/957/amd-exceeds-six-year-goal-to-deliver-unprecedented-25-times-improvement-in-mobile-processor-energy-efficiency; https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/corporate-responsibility/data-center-sustainability.html}

^{[ii] AMD based advanced racks for AI training/inference in each year (2024 to 2030) based on AMD roadmaps, also examining historical trends to inform rack design choices and technology improvements to align projected goals and historical trends. The 2024 rack is based on the MI300X node, which is comparable to the Nvidia H100 and reflects current common practice in AI deployments in 2024/2025 timeframe. The 2030 rack is based on an AMD system and silicon design expectations for that time frame. In each case, AMD specified components like GPUs, CPUs, DRAM, storage, cooling, and communications, tracking component and defined rack characteristics for power and performance. Calculations do not include power used for cooling air or water supply outside the racks but do include power for fans and pumps internal to the racks.}

	FLOPS	HBM BW	Scale-up BW
Training	70.0%	10.0%	20.0%
Inference	45.0%	32.5%	22.5%

^{Performance and power use per rack together imply trends in performance per watt over time for training and inference, then indices for progress in training and inference are weighted 50:50 to get the final estimate of AMD projected progress by 2030 (20x). The performance number assumes continued AI model progress in exploiting lower precision math formats for both training and inference which results in both an increase in effective FLOPS and a reduction in required bandwidth per FLOP.}

^{We commissioned Dr. Koomey to analyze historical industry data and projected AMD data on compute performance and power consumption. We then worked with Dr. Koomey to develop a goal methodology aligned with industry-accepted best-practices for efficiency assessments. This methodology allows us to compare our goal to historical industry gains, track our progress against the goal over time, and to estimate environmental benefits of achieving the goal in real world AI deployment.}

^{[iii] AMD estimated the number of racks to train a typical notable AI model based on EPOCH AI data (https://epoch.ai). For this calculation we assume, based on these data, that a typical model takes 1025 floating point operations to train (based on the median of 2025 data), and that this training takes place over 1 month. FLOPs needed = 10^25 FLOPs/(seconds/month)/Model FLOPs utilization (MFU) = 10^25/(2.6298*10^6)/0.6. Racks = FLOPs needed/(FLOPS/rack in 2024 and 2030). The compute performance estimates from the AMD roadmap suggests that approximately 276 racks would be needed in 2025 to train a typical model over one month using the MI300X product (assuming 22.656 PFLOPS/rack with 60% MFU) and <1 fully utilized rack would be needed to train the same model in 2030 using a rack configuration based on an AMD roadmap projection. These calculations imply a >276-fold reduction in the number of racks to train the same model over this six-year period. Electricity use for a MI300X system to completely train a defined 2025 AI model using a 2024 rack is calculated at ~7GWh, whereas the future 2030 AMD system could train the same model using ~350 MWh, a 95% reduction. AMD then applied carbon intensities per kWh from the International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook 2024 [https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2024]. IEA’s stated policy case gives carbon intensities for 2023 and 2030. We determined the average annual change in intensity from 2023 to 2030 and applied that to the 2023 intensity to get 2024 intensity (434 CO2 g/kWh) versus the 2030 intensity (312 CO2 g/kWh). Emissions for the 2024 baseline scenario of 7 GWh x 434 CO2 g/kWh equates to approximately 3000 metric tC02, versus the future 2030 scenario of 350 MWh x 312 CO2 g/kWh equates to around100 metric tCO2.}

^{[iv]https://www.amd.com/en/blogs/2026/enhancing-amd-it-grid-infrastructure-efficiency-with-ai.html}

^{[v] Regression analysis of achieved accuracy/parameter across a selection of model benchmarks, such as MMLU, HellaSwag, and ARC Challenge, show that improving efficiency of ML model architectures through novel algorithmic techniques, such as Mixture of Experts and State Space Models for example, can improve their efficiency by roughly 5x during the goal period. Similar numbers are quoted in Patterson, D., J. Gonzalez, U. Hölzle, Q. Le, C. Liang, L. M. Munguia, D. Rothchild, D. R. So, M. Texier, and J. Dean. 2022. “The Carbon Footprint of Machine Learning Training Will Plateau, Then Shrink.” Computer. vol. 55, no. 7. pp. 18-28.” Therefore, assuming innovation continues at the current pace, a 20x hardware and system design goal amplified by a 5x software and algorithm advancements can lead to a 100x total gain by 2030.}

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