Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: Amazon's AWS cloud computing division is making a £8bn investment in the UK, ...
Amazon's AWS cloud computing division is making a £8bn investment in the UK, trumpeted by Rachel Reeves, claiming they'll create up to 14k jobs.
But, often Amazon has created jobs by destroying other elements of the markets it competes in, and its jobs are often low paid - but AWS *may* be different.
Its also hard to see how a massive increase in data centres & their associated power usage helps net zero or the energy network/interconnection problems the UK suffers from.
#energy #workers
But, often Amazon has created jobs by destroying other elements of the markets it competes in, and its jobs are often low paid - but AWS *may* be different.
Its also hard to see how a massive increase in data centres & their associated power usage helps net zero or the energy network/interconnection problems the UK suffers from.
#energy #workers