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Microsoft Discovers Recycling Exists for Azure Hardware

Microsoft has decided to let the world know it occasionally recycles old servers, framing standard warehouse logistics as a groundbreaking environmental crusade for Azure cloud infrastructure.

  • Microsoft's so-called Circular Centers are just fancy sorting facilities trying to squeeze a few extra months out of aging server racks.
  • Hyperscale efficiency messaging is mostly corporate PR designed to mask the staggering energy demands of the AI boom.
  • Extending hardware lifecycles makes good financial sense, though you would think a trillion-dollar tech giant invented the wheel the way they talk about it.

Why should I care? You shouldn't
Standard corporate greenwashing masquerading as a major technological revelation about basic warehouse logistics.

Read the original: Responsible infrastructure at hyperscale: Managing the full lifecycle of Azure hardware

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