During the 2025 election campaign, prime minister Mark Carney made a striking admission about Canada’s dependence on U.S. tech companies. The Canadian government was in the process of choosing a partner for a 25-year cloud computing contract for the federal government. The contract’s length should have set off red flags of its own, but the…
I don’t really buy the argument that the government should bother to sell some of its capacity
I agree … the reason Amazon started AWS is because their compute need fluctuates throughout the year and they needed to build out their data centers to meet their peak need… most of the year it sat unused.
The government doesn’t have that problem, they can build out for their projected need and not have tons of waste.
I agree … the reason Amazon started AWS is because their compute need fluctuates throughout the year and they needed to build out their data centers to meet their peak need… most of the year it sat unused.
The government doesn’t have that problem, they can build out for their projected need and not have tons of waste.