The High Costs of the Cloud
Data centers make “the cloud” tangible. The supposed benefits—such as jobs—might not be.
From Paul Krugman's blog. For perspective, here's a chart showing corporate profits from 1996 (and another, going back to 1947--scroll down about 2/3 of the page).
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