Sustainability

2 sessions on Sustainability at APE XXL 2026 — 8 December at Dierenpark Apenheul.

Hans Muns

Freelance .NET & Azure Engineer · Microsoft Certified Trainer at Backnook

200

How I Escaped the Token Bill and Moved to Local AI

Most engineers default to cloud AI without questioning the cost, the privacy trade-offs, or the dependency it creates — and the token bill grows with usage. How one freelancer moved an AI-assisted development workflow from 100% cloud to 90% local: the hardware, the models that actually perform, the honest downsides, and where cloud still wins.

en 16:00–16:50 · Orang Oetan

Leo Visser

Subject Matter Expert Azure & AI Foundry · Microsoft PowerShell MVP

300

Clean and Controlled AI with API Management

Everyone uses AI to improve their organization, but without care you drain your budget, increase energy usage, or create risks you never intended. Do you keep a leash on your AI? Practical governance and sustainability for your AI landscape with Azure API Management and Azure AI Foundry: content filtering, token-aware throttling, and caching.

nl 20:00–20:50 · Gibbon