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Thailand freezes 49 data centres as resource fears escalate (www.straitstimes.com)

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[–] jldevezas@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Data Centers should produce their own energy through solar or wind. I believe they should be off-the-grid energy wise.

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[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

A lot of them are already "off the grid" in a sense, but they usually set up their own fossil fuel plants instead of renewables.

Honestly we just need legislation to start phasing out fossil fuels.

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[–] chinaski@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We demonized and shuttered nuclear power plants in the US and strengthened fossil fuel. We wont see anything like a fossil fuel phase out anytime in the near future.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 2 days ago

Standard cooling is a real issue with the climate heating, exponentially. I'm not sure, but even molten salt is probably not an answer.

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[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago* (1 child)

Sure, but there are data centers in more than just the US doing the same thing.

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[–] chinaski@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 days ago

Sure thing. As my comment stated i am speaking of the US specifically. I didnt say it was exclusive.

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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Why wouldn't you put them on the grid? The point of a grid is to have more robust and reliable energy distribution.

How about they need to spend some of their trillions on solar and wind (and batteries) that are connected to the grid so they're adding electricity generation to the grid that's equal to the their energy consumption?

That way when the bubble inevitably bursts, we can shut down the dirtier forms of electricity generation since there will be an excess of clean energy.

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (1 child)

Alberta, Canada just passed a law that data centers MUST use fossil fuels.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 2 days ago