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I think a large part of the problem is that they're building renewable power as fast as they can, but are still heavily reliant on Russian gas for electricity.
by colinmhayes 5y ago
I think a large part of the problem is that they're building renewable power as fast as they can, but are still heavily reliant on Russian gas for electricity. So building this data center would increase their reliance on Russia.
- brianwawok 5y agoSo where does the data center go instead? Is that country not reliant on Russia?
- clem 5y agoIt's Meta's responsibility to justify the existence of their data center. It's not any country's responsibility to host it.
- hetspookjee 5y agoDenmark as that was their secondary location i belief.
- Dylan16807 5y agoPiles of money really couldn't speed that up appreciably? Or pay for non-Russian gas?
- mpol 5y agoThose piles of money would not be coming from Facebook, they hardly have to pay for any infrastructure and are heavily subsidized. The energy network has some issues. It needs a lot of work to be upgraded. Salary of technical engineers in semi-government is maxed and there is a shortage or workers at the infrastructure companies. Then there is a first come first serve rule for new connections which causes sun farms to go where the land is cheap, which is often the opposite area from where energy is used.
- simfree 5y agoPiles of money inflate the cost of labor and distort the economy, as your using that pile of money to reallocate part of the existing labor pool.
- Dylan16807 5y agoIt's one datacenter, the piles are not that big.