Monitoring Carbon Emissions of Computing Processes Running on a Container Orchestration Platform

A computing system that provides a container orchestration platform, comprising:

• a cluster having a master node communicatively coupled to one or more worker nodes;
• and
• a particular worker node of said one or more worker nodes including a container that includes application logic, the particular worker node being implemented as a virtual machine or physical machine,
• the particular worker node also including a container that includes an agent,
• the agent including an energy-measuring mechanism that provides an energy assessment that describes an amount of energy consumed by the application logic,
• the computing system being configured to provide a carbon emission assessment for the application logic based on the energy assessment and a carbon intensity assessment,
• the carbon intensity assessment describing an amount of carbon dioxide that is emitted in producing a unit of energy for a region in which the application logic is being executed.

A computer-readable storage medium for storing computer-readable instructions, one or more hardware processors executing computer-readable instructions to perform a method that comprises:

• receiving a manifest that describes application logic to be deployed;
• deploying the application logic in a container of a worker node of a cluster in a container orchestration platform, in a manner specified by the manifest;
• deploying an agent on the worker node of the cluster, the agent including an energy-measuring mechanism;
• determining that the application logic has been designated by application designation information to indicate that carbon emission information is to be provided for the application logic;
• receiving a carbon intensity assessment that describes an amount of carbon dioxide that is emitted in producing a unit of energy for a region in which the application logic is being executed;
• and
• selectively generating a carbon emission assessment for the application logic based on the energy assessment, the carbon intensity assessment, and the application designation information.