Optimizing for Cost Efficiency and Carbon Reduction

In this episode of FinOps Fridays, Hunter Willis is joined by David Wharton—Chief Architect, AWS Cloud Platform at CDW—to explore the intersection of cost optimization and sustainability in cloud environments. David shares practical insights on cloud environment optimization and implementing FinOps practices that benefit both your financial and environmental goals.

Listen now to learn:

• How GreenOps can function as a subset of FinOps, offering a sustainability lens to cloud cost management
• Strategies for creating organizational buy-in with both qualitative and quantitative metrics
• How architectural decisions can lead to both cost efficiency and verifiable carbon footprint reduction