What I Wish I Knew When I Started with Green IT

The path to sustainable technology involves complex technical and organizational decisions that aren't immediately obvious from industry best practices. This talk shares seven key lessons drawn from implementing Green IT at scale in a scaleup environment and in a public bank institution. I'll examine architectural impacts through a microservices to modular monolith migration and explore how FinOps practices align with energy efficiency. 

Using actual implementation metrics and case studies, I'll discuss practical approaches to measurement challenges, effective change management strategies, and the critical role of full-stack optimization. I'll also address the emerging challenges of AI energy consumption in production and evaluate current approaches being tested in the industry. Tech leaders will leave with actionable frameworks for evaluating Green IT initiatives and implementing effective measurements.


Speaker

Ludi AKUE

CTO Digital @Bpifrance & Creator of PromptSage Your Custom GPT To Master Prompting Intuitions

Ludi AKUE is CTO at Bpifrance Digital, architecting the transformation of traditional banking infrastructure into a modern fintech platform. She leads technical strategy and innovation across 20+ digital products, orchestrating 30 engineering teams in bridging core banking systems and emerging financial technologies.

With a PhD in Computer Science and 15 years of experience building product-led scalable platforms, including 10 years in the French tech startup ecosystem, she drives the technical evolution of Bpifrance into a hybrid fintech that combines human physical network strength with digital innovation capabilities.

She champions the integration of sustainable IT into tech strategy, architecture and operations.

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