AWS head says Amazon needs to be more vocal about data center services: 'Do you not want to use Netflix?'
Source: Business Insider ·
AWS CEO Matt Garman said Amazon needs to be more clear in how it talks about the benefits of data centers.
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AWS CEO Matt GarmanNoah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web ServicesAWS CEO Matt Garman says Amazon needs to be more "vocal" in how it talks about data centers.He said the tech giant should focus on how data centers support everyday services like watching Netflix.Garman previously warned that data center moratoriums could set the US back by decades.AWS CEO Matt Garman says he wants Amazon to be more upfront about how data centers already affect daily life."If you usually go to a community and say, 'Do you not want to use Netflix?' They'll go, 'No, no, I still want Netflix,'" Garman said during a recent interview on the "A16z Show" podcast.Garman's point is that services like Netflix, which rely on AWS' cloud, require the very data centers that Americans increasingly oppose. His comments underscore how the industry is trying to respond to data centers becoming a political pariah."I think we need to be more vocal and be more upfront because we actually do a ton that's really…