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minus-squaredoggle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoFor software and devices running locally, sure. Much of what MS does these days is cloud based where the bulk of the electricity is being used in a data center somewhere and the customer isn’t (directly) paying for it.
minus-squarekurap1ka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoWell you don’t have 1000 vms running in azure, do you? It’s not about your Xbox…
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For software and devices running locally, sure. Much of what MS does these days is cloud based where the bulk of the electricity is being used in a data center somewhere and the customer isn’t (directly) paying for it.
Well you don’t have 1000 vms running in azure, do you? It’s not about your Xbox…