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‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering — Datacentres create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9C (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 50 points 2 months ago (4 children)

We don't want that here either.

A 9° increase will fuck us and our surroundings over just as well as anywhere else.

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  • [+] -14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I was thinking we put one massive data center on Greenland to thaw out the ice sheet.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Mr president, that you?

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago

    You know, they love me in Greenland. I showed up, I said, “This place isn’t very green.” But then we installed the data center, melted all the ice. We sprayed some Brawdo. We wanted to give the plants 🌱 a head start, so we sprayed it. Our secretary of agriculture told me it would work and it has. We sprayed it. I’m thankful for our agriculture department and the Brawndo company. Since we sprayed it, the country of Greenland has never been greener. I think they’re very grateful and we hope to get a lot of Greenland votes in the next election.

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