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title: Budderfly Speaks with Energy Capital About Partnering with AWS
description: Budderfly VP of Technology, Chris DeBenedictis sits down with Energy Capital Magazine to discuss Budderfly's partnership with Amazon Web Services
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Dec 27, 2021
# Chris DeBenedictis, Budderfly VP of Technology, speaks with Energy Capital about partnering with AWS
SHELTON, CT – December 27, 2021 – Budderfly VP of Technology, Chris DeBenedictis sits down with Energy Capital Magazine to discuss Budderfly's partnership with Amazon Web Services and the role that cloud computing plays in energy management.
You can watch the full interview at the following link:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QIUX55KrUc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QIUX55KrUc)
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