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This article would be much more effective by first acknowledging that all datacenters can be built and powered in different ways varying by location, climate an
by j45 1mo ago
This article would be much more effective by first acknowledging that all datacenters can be built and powered in different ways varying by location, climate and availability of power.
Generalizations unfortunately serve the subtle purpose of many people who are pro or anti datacenter, ironically while they use datacenters to write articles and use datacenters to post on social media, as well as consume video and nearly anything else.
For example the style and approaches datacenters built in desert like regions, which can be in the US, often misinform the overall understanding and conversation in this space.
Direct and indirect water use is an issue in many areas, its peculiar why it's being brought up when it's not comparing datacenters as a percentage of overall water use in an area.