Clouds | Data Centers - EDX

“Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.”
Sun Tzu

CLOUD & DATA CENTER RESOURCES

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OVERVIEWS

@ dgtlinfra: Top 10 Cloud Service Providers (2024)
@ Wikipedia: Category for Cloud Computing Providers (2024)
@ Exploding Topics: Percent of Corp. data stored in clouds (2024)
@ Visual Capitalist: World’s Biggest Cloud Service Providers (2024)
@ TechTarget: Top Public Cloud Service Providers Compared (2025)
@ Intel: Choosing a Cloud Management Platform – solutions shortlist (2025)
@ IDC: MarketScape – Worldwide Datacenter Services Vendor Assessment (2023)
@ DataCenters.com: Data centers by location, capabilities, planning, & case studies

EMISSIONS

@ Website Carbon Calculator
@ Google Cloud Emissions Tool
@ AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool
@ Cloud Carbon Footprint Open Source Tool
@ US EPA: Simplified GHG Emissions Calculator
@ IBM: Data center workloads for energy use and CFP levels
@ MIT Press: Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
@ Data Dynamics: Accelerating the Net Zero Dream -Green Cloud Computing
@ Wiley: Energy-efficiency and sustainability in new generation cloud computing

AWS

@ AWS Sustainability
@ AWS Solutions Library
@ AWS Certification Hub
@ AWS Documentation Hub
@ AWS Well-Architected Framework
@ AWS Training and Certification Events
@ AWS Courses Hub and @ Skill Builder prep

GOOGLE

@ Google Cloud Sustainability
@ Google Cloud Solution Explorer
@ Google Cloud Training/Certification Hub
@ Google Cloud Skills Boost: Learning Paths
@ Google Cloud Data and AI Trends Report & Assessment
@ Visual Capitalist: Alphabet’s Revenue Breakdown (2024)

MICROSOFT

@ Azure Architecture Center
@ Azure Data Engineering Hub
@ Microsoft Learn: Education Center
@ Microsoft Technical Documentation Hub
@ Microsoft Sustainability Hub and Report (2024)
@ Visual Capitalist: How Microsoft Makes its’ Billions

EQUINIX

@ Equinix: IOA Knowledge Base
@ Equinix: Data center location maps
@ Equinix: Corporate sustainability hubsite
@ Equinix: Sustainability resources library & DC hubsite

Research Gate: Energy consumption of servers and data centers worldwide -forecasts to 2030