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
wbftw@7sleepersmusic @cbcnews Wtf Nanaimo’s mayor is going on about: data-centres do not require many people to run and do not change local economy (if jobs are created, it’s elsewhere), but they are a resource hog.