Microsoft's Azure cloud platform is growing rapidly, but the environmental impact of the data centers that support it is keeping the company's cloud ambitions grounded.
When most people think of the cloud, abstract images of their data in some ephemeral space "off-device" likely pops into their minds. Enormous data centers housing thousands of servers dominating landscapes and demanding incomprehensible amounts of electricity around the clock probably does not come to mind.
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