FIRE AT HILLSBORO DATA CENTER

5/26/2025

"On Thursday, May 23rd, a thick cloud of putrid black smoke rose over #HillsboroOR. The smoke was from an early morning fire at one of the massive #DataCenters based in the city. According to local media, the fire originated from #batteries inside the Digital Realty (PDX 11) #DataCenter. Unfortunately, the flames did not spread to the rest of the data center and the damage was minimal. Firefighters let the fire burn itself out for five hours. The fire caused major disruptions on the web, including big outages to X/Twitter, which was reportedly one of the companies leasing space at the data center. There is currently no public information about the cause of the fire."

https://rosecitycounterinfo.noblogs.org/2025/05/fire-at-hillsboro-data-center/

#OregonDataCenters #SiliconForest #AISucks #NoNukesForAI
#WaterIsLife #Enshittification #AIPollution #NoisePollution
#DataCenters

"The race for tech expansion goes hand in hand with the project of colonization, in fact they mutually rely on one another for the shared project of domination over land and over human and non-human beings. War is one of the most profitable endeavors a State can engage in, and the age of AI-powered drone weaponry and computerized combat is already here. Tech companies are incentivized to support the war industry because of the multi-billion-dollar contracts they provide, and the State is incentivized to support the tech industry in order to ensure access to the most cutting-edge killing technology."—Act for Freedom Now! >

https://actforfree.noblogs.org/2024/11/04/against-the-silicon-forest-usa/

#Tech #facts #SiliconForest #microchips #colonization #semiconductors #Intel #energy #waste #water #ecology #Oregon #lands #biodiversity #AI #war #weapons #industry #surveillance #expansion #lithium #cobalt #nickle #hydropower #destruction #technocracy #ClimateChange #ecosystems #capitalism #devastation #expansion #GoLowtech #USA #China #LatinAmerica #Congo #RDC #Tektronix #IBM #HewlettPackar #GreenWashing #TechIndustry #electricity #grid #InformationOverload #renewables #silicon

@rickscully @bhawthorne @rsf92 @pluralistic I wish #PortlandOregon could figure out how to own it's own fiber network. We are *stuck with terrible #Monopolies that pull over $350M out of the community every year. #PersonalTelcoProject pushed for #MunicipalBroadband studies about 6 years ago but the #Metro council and city have sat on their hands since then.

#SiliconForest

AnandTech: Intel Plans Massive Expansion in Oregon: D1X and D1A to Be Upgraded

https://www.anandtech.com/show/19992/intel-plans-massive-expansion-in-oregon-d1x-and-d1a-to-be-upgraded

#Intel #Oregon #SiliconForest