| ▲ | bombcar 3 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Almost anything can be mitigated at some cost - but it has to be determined what those mitigations are, and then demand them. Many municipalities are unequipped to deal with a "datacenter" because on paper it is the same as an office building (that draws a lot of power), where it should be treated like an industrial site (rail yard, factory). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | bitexploder 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
True. There likely needs to be some sort of templating handled by states. Each data center and location will be different and require assessment. This does drive costs up for the data center, but I don't see another fair way to handle it really. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | fc417fc802 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
They get their own unique third category as unlike industrial sites there's no hazardous chemicals and even the noise pollution is substantially different in nature. The old datacenters are analogous to office buildings that emit some unusual noise and consume large amounts of electricity. The new ones (ie gigawatt class) consume enough electricity for ~1 million households and at minimum enough water for 100k households (but possibly many times that). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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