Analysts say real datacenter emissions are a dirty secret

As a consultant I often accompany CTO/CIO/CISO to both formal and informal events. I also have a working relationship with many other categories of executives and some board members. When I talk to execs and board members in a private setting, none of them seem to have even the most remote concern about CO2, or even believe that CO2 is bad for the planet.

What a dishonest article.

AWS doesn't have any emissions. They buy electricity from a distribution company. That other company has the emissions. If that other company has a poor portfolio of generating stations from an environmental perspective, they're the one with an emissions problem.

There is no difference if 5000 houses buy electricity or AWS buys it. The power company is the one creating it.

If you have a problem with the power company's emissions, then have them build more nuclear plants.