I eat words@group.ltM to Sysadmins for sysadmins@group.ltEnglish · 1 year agoEnergy-hungry data centers are quietly moving into citieswww.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11
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minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoSo? There’s one near me that operates a local heating grid with the 2xcess heat. They can probably more easily make money on the byproduct in a city.
minus-squarezoe@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agothe excess heat should be free. carbon emission would be tolerated for residential electricity generation, but not for record profit companies
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoWhy? There is engineering, infrastructure, planning and maintenance involved in the provision. Utility provisions is also a well regulated industry where I am so I’d imagine undercutting regulation with free heating wouldn’t stand.
So? There’s one near me that operates a local heating grid with the 2xcess heat. They can probably more easily make money on the byproduct in a city.
the excess heat should be free. carbon emission would be tolerated for residential electricity generation, but not for record profit companies
Why? There is engineering, infrastructure, planning and maintenance involved in the provision.
Utility provisions is also a well regulated industry where I am so I’d imagine undercutting regulation with free heating wouldn’t stand.