7sleepersmusic"#Microsoft built a data centre in the northwestern Netherlands despite opposition from local farmers, promising it would only need between 12 and 20 million litres of water annually. Dutch media later revealed the data centre was consuming more than four times that — as locals were being asked to limit their own water use. " #Tech #Environment #ClimateChange cc: @cbcnews https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data-centre-canada-water-use-9.6939684
Szymon Sokół 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦@7sleepersmusic @cbcnews Canada has population about twice that of the Netherlands, but land area about 250 (!) times larger, which results in population density of 4.2ppl/km² compared to 520 for the Netherlands. If any country can handle the needs of the ever-expanding datacenters, it is Canada.
wbftw@blotosmetek @7sleepersmusic @cbcnews That’s a weird take: these data-centres aren’t being built in tundra, but in communities with decent data links and access to water and power. So, yeah, they absolutely screw over the people who live there. Part of me thinks Nanaimo was picked b/c it’s a small community and easy to steam-roll over by MS.
🦠Toxic Flange (Gurjeet)🔬⚱️🌚@wbftw @blotosmetek @7sleepersmusic @cbcnews And given MS's Project Natick, why aren't they investing in underwater datacenters?
@blotosmetek @7sleepersmusic @cbcnews Canada can't even get potable drinking water to first nations people..