I’m surprised (I shouldn’t be at this point) that this is the only comment here critiquing the energy usage of data centers. When I see this headline I don’t th

I’m surprised (I shouldn’t be at this point) that this is the only comment here critiquing the energy usage of data centers. When I see this headline I don’t think about steaming from Netflix, I think about the troves of data Google, Mega, Microsoft, Netflix, NSA etc have gathered about us, arguably against our will. I shouldn’t be surprised that HN users would applaud this energy use in the name of value, when these same users are stockholders of the companies creating this so-called value.