I mean from Microsoft’s perspective it is working out…
Until someone goes all eco terrorism.
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Zacryon@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
It’s always a good idea to put computer centers in areas with water scarcity. /s
Patches@ttrpg.network 3 weeks ago
bold_atlas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I often wondered about how much chaos one or two individuals were to just pump 5 or 6 high powered rounds on that place from 2,000 yards out. Then do again another day from a different spot, and then another day at different facility.
Yeah damage and casualties would be insignificant at those ranges but the fear and panic as random bullets crack over head in the parking lot, punching holes in the roof. The place would have to shut down while they search for damage and FBI will also take forever recovering every bullet fragment evidence. It would take two or three of these in a row before the police realized they weren’t just loose bullets from drunks shooting into the air.
It would lead to a total loss of productivity. Like they would have to treat every facility with same security levels as fucking Groom Lake after something like started happening lol. Or maybe they would just fuck off to somewhere far away from crazy gun loving Americans.
azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Well, it could work. If the local government gave a shit. Which they don’t, because Texas. But the water going into a datacenter does come out… The main downside being that it’s hotter (which is a limiting factor, you can’t run it in a loop without some big cooling system, and rivers/lakes are by far the most effective way way to do that).
The article I saw doesn’t say what the problem is exactly. Is the datacenter pumping from an aquifer rather than a lake/river? Are they raising the temperature in ways that affect the environment negatively? Are they abusing the municipal water supply instead of pumping their own water, forcing the taxpayer to essentially subsidize their infrastructure? Lots that could go wrong, but it’s all shit that should be fully figured out during the permitting process.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
In hot areas with water scarcity.
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
And an electrical grid held together by duct tape and chewing gum
0x0@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Ok, if MacGyver did it then it’ll hold for ages.
Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well, yeah. If you put it somewhere cold like the Arctic it’ll melt the ice caps and make global warming worse. Better to let the cold places stay cold and put the hot data centres somewhere that’s already hot! Sorted - no more global warming (just some localised warming I guess)
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