Data centers are drying up the Port of Marseille: ‘They consume enormous amounts of electricity’

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• vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Which specifically formulated problems does all that computation solve, again?

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• muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  How do u dry out a port its connected to the goddamn ocean

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  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The port can’t get power to electrify ships while they are in port. The data centers are literally in the port and have consumed or reserved it all.

    Ships that dock can’t shut down their engines at that port so they are likely to dock elsewhere.

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    • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s a misleading headline at best, clickbaiting the “ai bad” crowd.

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  • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Not a thing. From the article:

    In some places, the main criticism that residents have about data centers has to do with the amount of water they consume to cool servers. This isn’t the case in Marseille, however, which is well-supplied with this resource. The authorities have even given Digital Realty access to water from the former underground drainage channels of the Gardanne coal mines, located north of Marseille. The water flows into the port, so the firm can use it to cool its systems.

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