Gather round for the story of the Very Hungry Data Centre...
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What is the footprint of a datacenter on global warming ? on minerals depletion ? on air quality ?
Those are some of the the root questions we need to answer to better grasp the actual footprint of tech infrastructures, including genAI, cloud services, and so on.
Life Cycle Assessment is an important methodology that enables to assess this footprint on multiple environmental criteria.
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Wondering if people would sign this petition. There is a proposed massive #datacentre on the beautiful banks of the Menai Straits in N #Wales. There's so much wrong with this. It's a SAC (special area of conservation). The nationalised water company Dwr Cymru have raised objections that there isn't a plan for the water... one director of the company has previous charges for 6 environmental crimes... read more on the link! Boosts welcome.
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EU proposes energy rating for data centres https://www.byteseu.com/2385276/ #CleanEnergy #DataCentre #Energy #EnergyConsumption #EnergyTransition #SemVanDerWal #TheEuropeanUnion #WaterConsumption
Google data centre sparks protests in Austria https://www.byteseu.com/2387503/ #Austria #ChristinaGruber #CloudInfrastructure #DataCentre #google #JoeKlamar #Kronstorf #UpperAustria
https://www.europesays.com/3275415/ Could Europe’s data centre boom trigger a nuclear power revival? #DataCentre #ElectricityPrices #Europe #EuropeanCommission #nuclear #NuclearCapacity #NuclearGeneration #NuclearPower #PowerPurchaseAgreement
Interested in the planning application for the world's largest proposed Data Centre campus in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland?
Here it is, and it includes links to make comments. I haven't done that yet, but will after work.
#ai #datacentre #ButlerianJihad #Scotland #annandale #planningapplication