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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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[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Don’t need school if you have chat gpt /s

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Are they keeping profits from data centres away from schools?

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Educating the kids would be a waste of taxpayer dollars. The only training they need is how to mow the grass around the data centres.

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I actually saw a robotic mower doing that job just a few months ago. I think it was around a school.

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Well then we just let them starve and blame them for being homeless.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Killdozer needs to come back...

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Improve the cooling system first. We are talking about Marvin, right?

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

If you Google the model number their AI will sometimes list the 20 tons of armor as an option like you could just order it that way.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Please sir...can I have some more....electricity

said the poor school to the billionaires

No. Next fucking question. I'd rather data centers have brown-outs than schools.

[–] antrosapien@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

Well.. duh. Data center makes dollar, schools costs dollar

[–] stermy4u@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

An interesting one there, how can schools consumption be compared to that of Data centers

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Maybe they just want people to waste time pointing spiderman fingers at eachother for not turning off their computers.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 95 points 2 days ago (1 children)

California: 80% of water use is agricultural and industrial but who do they lean on in drought years? Jimmy fucking John and minute showers. Corporations will not budge without force so state goes after the soft target.

Same play here.

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago (2 children)

California also has the stupidest water rights with “use it or lose” it clauses that counters any incentives to become more efficient. A couple families control a ridiculous amount of water rights.

[–] Itizaj@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The problem is that data centers don't need water, they need cooling, and water is suitable for that because it's the cheapest. They could do the cooling in many other ways, but it costs money

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 128 points 2 days ago
[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 229 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

We all see this coming, but the billionaires and our state/county/city leaders assure us everything will be fair and fine.

Same deal with water. It will be 100 degrees and data centers will be draining local water supplies, while residents will be told not to water their flowers or take too many showers.

Fuck all this.

I'll be so sad when the CEOs get Luigi'd.

[–] rustbuckett@programming.dev 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I love that their solution is to not use the thing that the data centers are supposed to be for.

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 points 21 hours ago

Here's an archive link for the few who actually want to read the article.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (4 children)

So it's official now. AI comes before schools, and before children. Welp. So much for thinking about the children.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Here comes Abbot's elementary comedy series, where they build a big stadium, but they can't afford to fix the lights in the school.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why spend all that money and resources cultivating actual intelligence?

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Because actual intelligence doesn't vote conservative.

[–] amgine@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The children only matter in election cycles

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And on their private islands

And when it comes to starting moral panics to strip away rights.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The perception that children matter only exists in election cycles.

They never really matter.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

and before they're born.

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[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 96 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

In Virginia during the fifa World Cup there are a lot of pro data center ads funded by a group that was created for this purpose called Virginia Connects.

It’s the usual shitbags lying to the public to make it sound like data centers are good

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 64 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We need Anonymous to do something about data centers.

[–] knomie@feddit.org 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We need ~~Anonymous~~ to do something about data centers.

Don't wait for others to save us.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

While I agree, theres nothing I can actually do. Besides inform people of the damage they cause by using big tech, which has gotten me nowhere so far.

If everyone today quit using meta and google products and openai (and voted on laws to keep data centers out, and voted on laws against monopolies) , the entire industry would crumble.

[–] knomie@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

First of all, thank you for (trying) to inform people.

It is really important that we do not see ourselves as passive, waiting for other more skilled people to solve the current problems. Everyone of us can do something. Although sometimes it doesn't turn out as we had hoped, but not trying would bring is nowhere.

I don't exactly know about the organization of anonymous, but for most groups there are a lot of possibilities to support. Legal support, social media and website support, giving interviews, food and material, logistics as a few examples.

You could also join other local groups against datacenters. I think there is a lot of campaigning going on.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just have no idea how to do it. I mean theres a fb group (ironiiiic) for us against data centers in our state. But that gets us nowhere. I'm afraid something real, physical, is going to actually be needed. they know we won't do anything, and we are too scared of the fascist paramilitary at their disposal.

[–] knomie@feddit.org 2 points 13 hours ago

Sometimes you have to us big tech to reach more people. Many groups also use Instagram, some also mastodon. But you should certainly not use it for organizing. If they don't have a signal group or similar, I would stay away.

You could look into environmental groups. On the national level, there are climate defiance and scientist rebellion in the US on a national level (and probably a lot more). Maybe they also have local groups that you could join? Or you could support remotely and start building a local group (that's hard but someone has to start).

[–] Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Well, we are working on it, cuz.

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[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 27 points 1 day ago (4 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 17 points 1 day ago

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

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day 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.

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