Monitoring energy consumption associated with tenants of a distributed computing system using tracing

A method comprising:

• receiving, by one or more processors, tracing information that attributes usage of a software service to a plurality of users of a distributed computing system;
• determining, by the one or more processors and based on the tracing information, a portion of the usage to attribute to a user of the plurality of users;
• determining, by the one or more processors, an energy consumption amount associated with the software service;
• and
• determining, by the one or more processors, an energy consumption estimate for the user based on the portion of the usage associated with the user and the energy consumption amount associated with the software service.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory that includes instructions executable by the one or more processors for causing the one or more processors to:
• receive tracing information that attributes usage of a software service to a plurality of users of a distributed computing system;
• determine, based on the tracing information, a portion of the usage to attribute to a user of the plurality of users;
• determine an energy consumption amount associated with the software service;
• and
• determine an energy consumption estimate for the user based on the portion of the usage associated with the user and the energy consumption amount associated with the software service.