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1. stingraycharles · 1790769649 · focus · HN ↗

   Playing the devil’s advocate: don’t “freedom of information” laws mostly apply to government agencies? If so, why would a private company provide this information?

   I personally believe at the very least the water usage is heavily overblown compared to the agriculture industry. Elecricity is a different issue, and governments should consider reporting requirements or something like that.

   Being angry with datacenter providers is not the solution. And they also need to be built somewhere, and that place is probably best where electricity is abundant and/or cheap.

   1. NDlurker · 1790772273 · focus · HN ↗

      >And they also need to be built somewhere, and that place is probably best where electricity is abundant and/or cheap.

      They don't need to be built at the scale they're being built at. That's the problem.

      1. MC995 · 1790773654 · focus · HN ↗

         > They don't need to be built at the scale they're being built at.

         According to whom and by what metric? The companies investing vast amounts of capital into them seem to disagree.

         1. NDlurker · 1790775415 · focus · HN ↗

            Yes and I disagree with them. Ok?
         2. streetfighter64 · 1790776147 · focus · HN ↗

            And as we all know, investments of vast amounts of capital by companies can never be contrary to the well-being of humans... See Purdue, Monsanto, Union Carbide, etc.

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