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Why Cloud Contracts Now Include Carbon Credits
Episode 52 dives into a new clause appearing in enterprise cloud contracts: carbon credits tied to compute usage. Lucas and Luna explore why hyperscalers like AWS, Azure, and GCP are embedding carbon offsets into their billing, using a real example from a Fortune 500 retailer that saw a 12% cost uplift after hitting a carbon threshold. They unpack how credits are priced per ton of CO2 equivalent, how they affect reserved instance planning, and what this means for architects designing for sustainability without blowing the budget. The hosts also discuss the tension between net-zero pledges and…
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