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# [Six Years In, Cloud Waste Is Still the Number One Job](https://opustechnologiesblog.hashnode.dev/six-years-in-cloud-waste-is-still-the-number-one-job?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Six years of FinOps and waste reduction is still priority one for 1,192 practitioners. Why dashboards never fix it, and how AI spend changes the job.

Sep 6 · 4 min read · opustechnologiesblog.hashnode.dev  
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