Luiz André Barroso (June 30, 1964 – September 16, 2023) was a Brazilian computer engineer.
[3][4] Born in Rio de Janeiro, Barroso worked at Digital Equipment Corporation prior to joining Google.
Barroso is credited with redesigning Google's data centers and servers to be significantly more energy and cost-efficient.
He also helped forge a consensus around Bluetooth contact tracing, which is estimated to have saved 10,000 lives in the UK.
He played his guitar nearly every day, both at home and at work, and he carried the instrument with him on every vacation, no matter how remote the destination.