# A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones

DevFeed: [A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-low-carbon-computing-platform-from-your-retired-phones-6739.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://research.google/blog/a-low-carbon-computing-platform-from-your-retired-phones/>)

Published: 2026-06-12T17:37:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The latest research from Google](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-latest-research-from-google.md>)

Topics: [Green Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/green-software.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-computing.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [climate-sustainability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/climate-sustainability.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [compute](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compute.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datacenter.md>), [distributed-systems-parallel-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed-systems-parallel-computing.md>), [efficiency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/efficiency.md>), [energy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/energy.md>), [energy-efficiency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/energy-efficiency.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>), [smartphones](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smartphones.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>), [sustainability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sustainability.md>)

## AI overview

Researchers at the University of California San Diego, with Google's support, are developing a low-carbon cloud computing platform from retired smartphones. A planned datacenter using 2,000 Pixel smartphones aims to provide low-cost computing while reducing the need for newly manufactured hardware and its associated emissions.

## Source excerpt

Climate & Sustainability