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Why Cloud Contracts Now Include Carbon-Aware Scheduling
In this episode of The Cloud Business Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a new clause appearing in enterprise cloud agreements: carbon-aware scheduling. Instead of paying a carbon penalty (covered in prior episodes), this provision lets cloud providers shift non-critical workloads to times when the grid is greener — and share the savings with the customer. Lucas walks through the mechanics: how AWS, Azure, and GCP now monitor regional grid carbon intensity in near-real time, and how a manufacturer saved 18 percent on compute costs by allowing batch jobs to run when wind and solar are plentiful…
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