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SiliconCarbon™

Track the True Cost of AI Workloads — in Carbon.

SiliconCarbon™ by Silicon Data is the first tool built to estimate, benchmark, and optimize the carbon footprint of GPU-intensive workloads across regions, chip types, and infrastructure providers

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SiliconCarbon carbon footprint calculator

SILICONCARBON™ HELPS YOU

Why SiliconCarbon™?

Carbon isn’t just a sustainability metric. It’s a cost

As AI infrastructure grows, so does scrutiny. Carbon-aware compute is fast becoming a board-level priority — with financial, regulatory, and reputational stakes.

Estimate carbon footprint per job, chip, hour, or region

Optimize infrastructure with carbon-aware deployment strategies

Benchmark workloads across vendors, clusters, and chip types

Model the financial impact of potential carbon pricing scenarios

Understand your environmental cost

Whether you’re training LLMs, deploying inference at scale, or renting a multi-node cluster, Silicon Carbon helps you understand the environmental impact — and how to optimize it.

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Workflow-Based Carbon Calculator

Input chip type, duration, and geo — get carbon footprint in kgCO₂e.

Location-Specific Emissions Factors

Built on regional grid intensity data and datacenter-specific mappings.

Chip-Aware Energy Modeling

Adjusted for GPU architecture, TDP and power draw.

Benchmarking Across Providers

Compare same job’s carbon footprint across AWS, Azure, Colocation, and more.

API + Web Tool Access

Query estimates via REST API or use our self-serve UI.

SiliconCarbon™

Use Cases

For Infra Buyers & Engineers

For Infra Buyers & Engineers

  • Choose lower-emission regions for training jobs
  • Shift workloads to more carbon-efficient chips or clusters
  • Benchmark suppliers on both price and sustainability
For Sustainability & ESG Teams

For Sustainability & ESG Teams

  • Track emissions from AI infrastructure with verifiable logic
  • Report to investors, regulators, and internal sustainability committees
For Financial Institutions & Insurers

For Financial Institutions & Insurers

  • Assess hidden carbon liabilities in AI infrastructure portfolios
  • Stress test investments against rising carbon prices
  • Build smarter ESG-aligned capital deployment strategies

Built for Transparency, Designed for Action

“Running a 10-hour training job on H100s in Virginia emits 13.6 kgCO₂e — 5x higher than the same job in Norway.”

GPU + region-specific modeling

Real-time, structured, actionable.

Powered by open energy datasets + proprietary benchmarks

Coverage from hyperscalers, vendors, and marketplaces.

Enterprise-ready API and reporting outputs

Curated, normalized, and ready for decision-making.

Integrated with Silicon Data’s full suite

Curated, normalized, and ready for decision-making.

Understand the true cost of compute. Act on carbon intelligence.

Realtime price transparency & GPU performance data for traders, financial institutions, and builders.

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