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Not up to code: The potential downside of hyperscale data centres in Vancouver’s downtown (www.policyalternatives.ca)
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[–] fourish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Read a good article about underwater data centres. Made a lot of sense. But I think there should be a significant power surcharge for data centres. Say double or triple what others pay and use that rather than raising rates for the general public.