"Datacenter Alley" : la capitale mondiale des centres de données
"Datacenter Alley" : la capitale mondiale des centres de données
hi @beasts, looks like u have a good things going, well done. pls just tell me u have nothing to with #datacenteralley nor anything nuclear powered.
i found this report about 400 datacenters in virginia to be powered by google and amazon nuclear energy highly problematic
Just yesterday, we reported on Google’s plans to tap nuclear power for its AI data centers. Now, Amazon is making its own move with a $500 million investment in small modular reactors (SMRs) to support its power-hungry data centers. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud arm of the company, announced on Wednesday it has signed
Ivy Main at Virginia Mercury says “Virginia has a data center problem”.
She raises a lot of good points, ranging from impact on air quality and the local water table to sprawl in general.
“To drive through Data Center Alley is to witness suburban sprawl on steroids, with its attendant deforestation, loss of farmland and loss of wildlife habitat,“ she writes.
https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/12/09/virginia-has-a-data-center-problem/