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"World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China"
#China #Technology #Datacentre

“There doesn’t seem to be appropriate scrutiny, public or otherwise, on these nationally significant projects. The figures and designs behind many schemes are at best indicative, and at worst complete bunk.”
#GenAI
#DataCentres

Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise
Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’

"Amazon owns up to using 2.5bn gallons of H2O in its bit barns last year"
#Amazon #Technology #DataCentre

Amazon owns up to using 2.5bn gallons of H2O in its bit barns last year
The West's biggest online shopping mall comes clean about its datacenter water usage

"‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering"
#Europe #DataCentres #Technology

‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering
Emerging research suggests datacentres create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9C