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dalton99a

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7. "A project of 'national importance'"

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Mon Jan 10, 2022, 05:43 PM

Jan 2022

Data centers like the one Facebook proposed suck up enough energy to power a small town, use millions of gallons of water a day to cool their servers, and typically provide few jobs.

The municipality of Zeewolde estimates Facebook’s data center would use twice the energy used by the whole town.

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