Carbon-aware predictive workload scheduling and scaling

A method comprising:

• predicting, by one or more processors, an occurrence of a scale event for a first service;
• determining, by the one or more processors and based on the predicted occurrence of the scale event for the first service, a predicted level of greenness for the first service, the predicted level of greenness being based on a current level of greenness for the first service and a predicted scale up factor;
• determining, by the one or more processors, whether the predicted level of greenness for the first service satisfies a first threshold;
• and
• performing, by the one or more processors and based on whether the predicted level of greenness for the first service satisfies the first threshold, a first action on a first workload of the first service.

Non-transitory computer-readable media, storing instructions which, when executed, cause one or more processors to:

• predict an occurrence of a scale event for a first service;
• determine, based on the predicted occurrence of the scale event for the first service, a predicted level of greenness for the first service, the predicted level of greenness being based on a current level of greenness for the first service and a predicted scale up factor;
• determine whether the predicted level of greenness for the first service satisfies a first threshold;
• and
• perform, based on whether the predicted level of greenness for the first service satisfies the first threshold, a first action on a first workload of the first service.