ADAM SELIPSKY TITLE : CEO COMPANY : AWS INDUSTRY : TECHNOLOGY LOCATION : UNITED STATES
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ADAM SELIPSKY TITLE : CEO COMPANY : AWS INDUSTRY : TECHNOLOGY LOCATION : UNITED STATES
Adam Selipsky is the CEO of Amazon Web Services ( AWS ), the world ’ s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud . He also leads Worldwide Sustainability for Amazon , overseeing efforts to scale and drive Amazon ’ s adoption of renewable energy , path to net-zero carbon emissions and other c ompany-wide initiatives .
Once notorious for their energy consumption , today ’ s hyperscalers – the world ’ s largest data centres – are undergoing a significant shift , with sustainability becoming a central pillar of their strategy .
With the top three cloud providers – AWS , Microsoft and Google – accounting for 65 % of the worldwide market , these hyperscalers ’ sustainability strategies are transforming the data centre industry , amid growing customer demand for ecoconscious solutions to the increasing economic viability of green technologies .
“ Hyperscalers are aggressively investing in sustainable cloud operations and delivery , aspiring to eventually achieve net zero emissions within the decade , or sooner ,” said Ed Anderson , Distinguished Research Vice President at Gartner .
According to Gartner , cloud sustainability initiatives will start with the leading cloud providers , which are some of the world ’ s largest data centre
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