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1. aliasxneo · 1791145670 · focus · HN ↗

   I lived in a smaller rural town near a Google datacenter. During my career there I had routinely come across some outlandish accusations made about our water/power usage from the locals. But for obvious reasons I could never dispute them. I remember we hired a local who'd grown up in the town and he was "really surprised" when he started to see what we were doing to remain efficient.

   The current data center craze just feels like the same thing but on a bigger scale.

   1. bix6 · 1791146583 · focus · HN ↗

      Ok and? This wouldn’t be an issue if google et al would just share the numbers instead of hiding behind NDAs and whatever else.

      1. anigbrowl · 1791147121 · focus · HN ↗

         Not sure why this is being downvoted. If you noticeably distort the local economy then people are naturally going to want to know what resources you're consuming.

         but trade secrets

         I think all data centers and other industrial concerns above a certain size should have to publish that.

         1. WarmWash · 1791148167 · focus · HN ↗

            The irony is that it is unlikely datacenters would hit that "above a certain size"

            The hysteria always gives datacenter usage numbers in a vacuum, never a comparison, for good reason; we might have to start protesting golf courses and paper mills instead.

            1. jacquesm · 1791149006 · focus · HN ↗

               People do just that.

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