According to Aaron Brand, CTO, CTERA, sustainability will be a major focus for IT teams in 2022. “The decision to move to the cloud provides access to data centers that are fundamentally greener, as cloud providers are investing heavily in sustainability. Due to the frugality of scale and strong incentives to reduce their costs, the cloud Providers are using more efficient cooling systems for their data centers and placing them closer to clean energy sources than is possible for an on-premises data center. For example, AWS is already in full business in 2020. It has reached 65% renewable energy and plans to reach 100% by 2025. It has also committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2040; a full 10 years before the Paris Agreement.”