Sustainability will be a key focus for IT teams in 2022, according to Aron Brand, CTO, CTERA: “The decision to move to the cloud provides access to datacentres that are fundamentally greener, as cloud providers are investing heavily in sustainability. Due to economies of scale and strong incentives to reduce their costs, cloud providers are using more efficient cooling systems for their data centres and placing them closer to clean energy sources than is feasible for an on-prem datacentre.
For example, AWS already reached 65% renewable energy across the business in 2020 and plans to reach 100% by 2025. It has also committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040; a full ten years ahead of the Paris Agreement.”