A New Vision on Software Sustainability and Its Engineering

Data centers are growing like weeds to make the AI revolution possible and consume a lot of electricity. Some have concluded that nuclear power is the solution to keep the servers humming. Talking about “Impact of software” for 15 years in IEEE Software it is time to dedicate a column to sustainable computing. This column summarizes the main points from Patricia Lago’s keynote at the 47th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2025). There is more to come: the March/April 2026 issue of IEEE Software will be dedicated to “Green Clean Software Sustainability.”—Michiel van Genuchten and Les Hatton