US Patent 11943285 Metering computing resources in cloud computing environments

Methods and systems for metering computing resources in cloud computing environments are disclosed. A method includes: executing, by a computing device, computing tasks on computing resources; determining, by the computing device, an amount of time and an amount of power used in the executing the computing tasks on the computing resources; determining, by the computing device, a number of standard units consumed by the computing tasks based on the determined amount of time and the determined amount of power; and metering, by the computing device, the computing resources based on the determined number of standard units consumed by the computing tasks.