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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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[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 24 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I guess they could light a data center on fire to keep warm and not run their heaters? Win/win?
(Also I hope it’s very obvious to everyone this is a joke, I’m not trying no to incite or encourage violence in any way at all).

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 hours ago

I'm just amazed at the grotesquely huge amounts of copper they have in those datacenters.

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

I also hope that data centers "don't" get burnt down. How "un"satisfying would that be. While I'm at it, I hope no one kills the trillionaire.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Clearly you were talking about doing this in Minecraft, so its okay.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

"Will no one rid me of this turbulent steve?"