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County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’

2 months ago by Nobody_Special to c/technology

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Henrico County is a major hub for data centers in Virginia. Its officials said it expects a 25% rise in electricity costs next year, and advised workers to close the blinds and turn off their computers to make up for it.

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dan1101 234 points 2 months ago

We all see this coming, but the billionaires and our state/county/city leaders assure us everything will be fair and fine.

Same deal with water. It will be 100 degrees and data centers will be draining local water supplies, while residents will be told not to water their flowers or take too many showers.

Fuck all this.

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rustbuckett 47 points 2 months ago

I love that their solution is to not use the thing that the data centers are supposed to be for.

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pticrix 34 points 2 months ago

Oh don't worry, people in Silicon Valley won't feel the restrictions and will be running their OpenClaw-type chained agents all night long doing absolutely nothing of worth.

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