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Tech giants' 'green cloud' claims called marketing strategy by professor

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An economics professor has criticized major tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google for marketing their cloud services as environmentally friendly. Cecilia Rikap of University College London stated that these claims are a marketing strategy, and that the companies' expanding carbon footprints from data centers and AI model training should be considered. She also noted that companies migrating to these clouds are effectively outsourcing their digital carbon footprint to these cloud giants, obscuring their own environmental impact. AI

IMPACT Highlights the environmental cost of AI infrastructure, urging consideration of the full carbon footprint.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from an economics professor criticizing tech companies' environmental claims.

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Tech giants' 'green cloud' claims called marketing strategy by professor

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "Cecilia Rikap, an economics professor at University College London, said: “Claims by Microsoft, Amazon and Google about their clouds being ecologically friendl

    "Cecilia Rikap, an economics professor at University College London, said: “Claims by Microsoft, Amazon and Google about their clouds being ecologically friendly and sustainable are a marketing strategy. Governments should remember these expanding carbon footprints when the very …

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/microsoft-amazon-google…

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