silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoData center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than officialwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up183arrow-down1external-linkData center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than officialwww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarefpslem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAt this point, my only hope is that the failed business model will kill most of these before they get even worse, regulators don’t seem to have any appetite to monitor or restrict/tax the runaway energy usage.
At this point, my only hope is that the failed business model will kill most of these before they get even worse, regulators don’t seem to have any appetite to monitor or restrict/tax the runaway energy usage.