DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS
Frank Contrepois , Head of FinOps Consulting at Strategic Blue
pounds and euros by porting to the cloud is going to seem like a very smart move .
For some companies , it will make financial sense as the transition could take a long time – in some instances as much as three years – and if companies can avoid paying upfront then they might not get the full bill until the economic situation is a little less difficult .
The downside for companies is that the growing cost of energy , largely caused by the war between Ukraine and Russia , could mean that cloud vendors feel they have no option but to increase their prices . One smart move for customers might be to buy commitments for a one or three-year deal to lock the current rates ( however , cloud prices haven ’ t increased so there is still uncertainty around how this would impact commitments ). As a customer , you are locked in with the provider for the duration of the agreement , yet this should not be a problem as changing cloud vendor can be as complex as migrating to the cloud .
2 . Sustainability is becoming a catalyst for cloud migration
Across the globe companies are being scrutinised ever more closely by their customers and investors to see if their pronouncements on carbon reduction are actually being met . One way that companies can take a significant chunk out of their carbon usage is to adopt cloud computing .
It might sound like a cynical move but by shifting the burden of the carbon generated by hosting to third-party companies can make themselves appear a lot greener . While each cloud vendor provides a way to measure carbon emissions , the tools differ wildly in accuracy , scope and timely data , making it currently hard ( impossible ) to get a clear picture .
The pressure to make carbon reductions is coming at companies in different ways .
In the US some of the leading financial institutions like Blackrock , driven by their own net-zero ambitions , are insisting they won ’ t invest in companies if they can ’ t display that they are hitting their climate change-related targets .
In areas of Europe , the drive to lower carbon emissions in enterprises is being
ONE WAY THAT COMPANIES CAN TAKE A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OUT OF THEIR CARBON USAGE IS TO ADOPT CLOUD COMPUTING .
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