Have not seen this being mentioned yet, here goes: Choosing a large cloud provider is often much greener than doing your own or using a smaller provider. Carb

Have not seen this being mentioned yet, here goes: Choosing a large cloud provider is often much greener than doing your own or using a smaller provider. Carbon is a large cost. GCP has been carbon neutral for over a decade, AWS and Azure have made big public commitments. Sourcing clean energy for 1000s of servers is not always easy.