Explore smart green computing and cloud-native operations in this conference talk by William Caban and Federico Rossi from Red Hat. Discover how to combine CNCF projects and open-source tools to create and improve machine learning models for cluster operations, aligning with sustainability goals. Learn about goal-driven and domain-aware workload management, GitOps adoption, enhanced visibility, and intent-driven orchestration. Gain insights into use cases, proof-of-concept architecture, metrics pipelines, and governance strategies for achieving carbon and power optimization in cloud-native environments.