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legality of the datacenters aside, I wonder why countries don't at least demand that they're totally carbon neutral or free. it's possible today. it's not like

• jezzamon 3mo ago
  I think most ways of obtaining carbon neutrality are a little bit BS, that's why. An alternative is what Google is theoretically aiming for: being carbon-free. But they've already started using language describing it as a moonshot or idealistic goal so seems likely they'll abandon that https://sustainability.google/reports/247-carbon-free-energy/ https://sustainability.google/reports/247-carbon-free-energy...
  • Laurel1234 3mo ago
    Carbon offsets are absolutely a scam but you could easily force data centers to provide their own renewable energy.
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• fulafel 3mo ago
  USA is partly a petrostate so regulatory capture is a problem. Negative externalities are not paid for by the polluters. To mitigate the climate catastrophe it would be important to ramp down fossil fuel production in a big hurry. In Europe this is covered by the emission trading system (EU ETS) and datacenters have to share the same shrinking emissions quota as other industries.