# A Vertical Approach to Designing and Managing Sustainable Heterogeneous Edge Data Centers

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01712 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.01712/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 2 Jun 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Carbon-Aware Routing for Function Calling in Edge-Cloud LLM Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.13559/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The increasing demand for Artificial Intelligence (AI) computing poses significant environmental challenges, with both operational and embodied carbon emissions becoming major contributors. This paper presents a carbon-aware holistic methodology for designing and managing sustainable Edge Data Centers (EDCs), based on three design principles that challenge the state-of-the-art optimization paradigms. Our approach employs vertical integration across the architecture, system, and runtime layers, balances operational and embodied carbon emissions while considering EDC performance as a co-optimization objective, rather than a constraint. At the architecture level, we propose carbon-aware and approximate accelerator designs to reduce embodied carbon. At the system level, we enhance resource utilization and adapt to real-time carbon intensity variations to minimize operational emissions. Finally, at the runtime level, we develop dynamic scheduling frameworks that adjust execution, based on energy constraints and carbon intensity.