Cloud Computing: AWS customers want more information on its renewable energy plans
June 4, 2015
Grazed from CIO. Author: Blair Hanley Frank.
Amazon Web Services customers have sent a letter to the cloud services provider requesting that it disclose more information about its sustainability practices. The 19 companies, including Tumblr, Change.org and the Huffington Post, said they want to convey the information to their users, customers, employees and other stakeholders.
While lauding Amazon’s commitment to get its entire cloud operation running on renewable energy, the companies wrote to AWS chief Andy Jassy last week that they want to see Amazon disclose more about its current carbon and energy footprint, its progress towards renewable energy goals, and its strategy for increasing its use of renewable energy…
The letter also requests that Amazon share how it defines renewable energy and what energy sources the company will prefer going forward…
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