Unfair emission comparison due to different Country. Is it possible to ask for a specific country? Colab

[NicolaCST]

• CodeCarbon version: latest
• Python version: latest
• Operating System: Colab

Hi all,
I am trying to track the emissions of some models. However it happens that the report ends up having different Country_ISO_Code, ie. different countries. Could this issue make my report less reliable? A model in SGP (Singapore) tends to have an higher value than a similar one in NLD (Netherlands), for example.

There are any ways to ask for a specific country? Otherwise my comparison would not be fair.

Thanks in advance

[benoit-cty]

That's what Code Carbon is made for : compare different places.
I don't know how to fix the country in Colab, but you could use the kWh measure as a comparison for model consumption.

[benoit-cty]

You could get it with:

co2_emission_in_kg = tracker.stop()
energy_in_kwh = tracker.final_emissions_data.energy_consumed

[RafiullahOmar]

If Code Carbon works for Colab, then it also works in a multi-user environment. For example, I have created a virtual machine on a server and when I measure the energy consumption of a model training, other people also log in to their user on the same server. Does it affect my measurement?

[benoit-cty]

Hello, if the hardware is shared across users, yes the electric consumption of other users will be use for your emissions.

That's why we are working on #316 that allow to set tracking_mode to process and monitor only the emissions of your process.

You can test it, it should work.