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I was specifically talking about the local microclimate. cf. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/30/climate/data-centers-are-having-an-underrported https://edition.
by eqvinox 4mo ago
I was specifically talking about the local microclimate. cf. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/30/climate/data-centers-are-having-an-underrported https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/30/climate/data-centers-are-...
It's not clear to me what changes are happening here. The siblings to your post seem to be indicating an overall improvement.
- amluto 4mo agoIndeed. If the datacenter uses less total power, it produces less waste heat. If you manage to use the waste heat to avoid generating heat somewhere else (that the article calls heat recovery) then there’s a further reduction in total heat output.
- lkbm 4mo agoThis is kinda debunked / obviously false. It's almost entirely a land use issue: a building will create a heat island. Data centers aren't using enough energy to make a significant difference. More on it at [0], but it doesn't take anything beyond a basic energy calculation to know that 1GW of energy is not going to have a significant effect "6.2 miles away". [0] https://andymasley.com/writing/data-centers-heat-exhaust-is-not/ https://andymasley.com/writing/data-centers-heat-exhaust-is-...