the dc’s themselves don’t need many people but what they process and companies behind what goes in the dc’s does

for example as you know im very anti-offshoring and claiming to be green, so right now everyone i know loves claude, which goes to American data centres which

According to the Energy Institute’s latest Statistical Review of World Energy, US coal consumption increased by 10% in 2025, compared to a 0.7% rise globally. The review’s chief Selene Law told reporters last week that the growth in US coal “is the main reason why we have seen global CO2 emissions rise this year. In fact, the US is by far the biggest contributor to this.”

The rise in coal use was largely driven by the growth of data centres.

https://aussie.zone/post/36621104

If we’re going to be using trillions of tokens we should be powering them with our own equipment and ideally powering them with renewables

and that’s why i’m in favour of it

also its in the middle of bum fuck no where unlike these other massive ones in metro areas which is really unnecessary imo