Why? (thelemmy.club)
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Data is essentially just fancy electric current. Current doesn't really 'flow' so much as propogate a wave similar to a newtons cradle desk toy. A physicist might chime in on this, but no, I don't think data being transmitted actually weighs anything.

Unless you factor in the interaction between any induction effects and the earths magnetic field. But it's beyond negligible.

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