• weps@lemmy.world
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    I’ve been working in data centers since 2008.

    What happened? What changed? They used to be incredible.

    I haven’t been in a data center in a couple of years.

    • Platypus@sh.itjust.works
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      Companies are exploiting regulatory loopholes as they construct new facilities powered by pollutant-spewing onsite gas plants.

      The grid can’t handle the buildout, so new data centers are operating unregulated gray-market power plants.

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      Do it and pay the fines later. If that nets a profit than the system needs to be changed.