▲ 106 ▼ Data centers consumed 4.4% of US power in 2023, could hit 12% by 2028 (www.datacenterdynamics.com) submitted 2 years ago by mox@lemmy.sdf.org to c/news@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Private cloud is better than public cloud for different goals. Here, though, DC costs can be swept under the rug. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago OPex (operational expende\iture) vs CAPex (capital expenditures) reporting rules steer companies toward going into the cloud, which is classified as Opex. Running your own DC is classified as capex. Capex makes shareholders very unhappy when expensive investments in infrastructure are bought. If the government wanted to, it could change the rules such that cloud company fees counted as CAPex, and the cloud companies would drastically shrink. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* OPex (operational expendeture) vs CAPex (capital expenditures) reporting rules steer companies toward going into the cloud, which is classified as Opex. Running your own DC is classified as capex. Capex makes shareholders very unhappy when expensive investments in infrastructure are bought. If the government wanted to, it could change the rules such that cloud company fees counted as CAPex, and the cloud companies would drastically shrink. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago OPex (operational expende\iture) vs CAPex (capital expenditures) reporting rules steer companies toward going into the cloud, which is classified as Opex. Running your own DC is classified as capex. Capex makes shareholders very unhappy when expensive investments in infrastructure are bought. If the government wanted to, it could change the rules such that cloud company fees counted as CAPex, and the cloud companies would drastically shrink. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* OPex (operational expendeture) vs CAPex (capital expenditures) reporting rules steer companies toward going into the cloud, which is classified as Opex. Running your own DC is classified as capex. Capex makes shareholders very unhappy when expensive investments in infrastructure are bought. If the government wanted to, it could change the rules such that cloud company fees counted as CAPex, and the cloud companies would drastically shrink. permalink fedilink source parent