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> data center companies could genuinely at least open up for tours to try to appeal to the public, if public approval is apparently such a concern. Do you actu
by dataflow 4mo ago
> data center companies could genuinely at least open up for tours to try to appeal to the public, if public approval is apparently such a concern.
Do you actually find anything appealing about a datacenter? I've been to one and while it was mildly cool from the standpoint of "wow how do they manage this many machines" I didn't find anything appealing about it that would make me want it in my neighborhood.
- ipdashc 4mo agoSure, I think they're neat. I've been inside a few smaller ones but not any true modern hyperscaler style ones. They're big buildings with cool security systems, power setups, HVAC setups. It'd be fun to see inside. Nothing on the level of a nuclear plant, of course, but about as cool as it'd be to tour any big industrial facility, I'd imagine. Which isn't to imply I'm "pro data center" or whatever but if they're going to build them it'd at least be nice to show people inside. This seems like pretty basic PR stuff that developers of large industrial facilities (again, nuclear plants, hydro dams etc) figured out ages ago.