McGill: Microsoft says server farms are destroying the planet, so we're limiting the institutional cloud disk space we're giving you to 20 GB only
CIHR: You're still required to keep all your original data sets for all your research until 5 years after the end of the grant though
Me: If you and Microsoft want to actually do something about the planet, maybe pull the plug on OpenAI instead
McGill: If you have questions about the new policy read the email again good luck bye!
@researchfairy I'm in exactly the same boat. 5 TiB "free" allowance (for the millions spent per year on M$, at least), being reduced to "around 100 GiB". That is apparently enough for 97% of users! (I feel an urge to mention lognormal distributions here).
I _really dislike_ the fact that once-competent IT departments who hired graduates of the institution and _built things_ now seem to buy lots of stuff from M$ instead -- losing institutional knowledge, skills, and culture in the process.
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