• spacehulk@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    Does that mean they just start up local diesel generators and make a bunch of smog and noise? This isnt the infra we want

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      2 months ago

      It means that if a power generation plant can produce 100, but the demand is currently 50, and the datacenter wants 25, the datacenter needs to pay to expand the generation plant to 125.

      • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 months ago

        It means that data centers will just find a way to have themselves classified as anything except for a data center… meanwhile anyone who happens to have more than 3 computers in their homes will have to pay extra on their electric bills.

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          Defining “computer” would be a nightmare IMO… Desktop? Laptop? Smartphone? Smart Watch? Game console? Tablet? Screen on the fridge? Alexa device?

          I could legitimately say there’s at least 15-20 “computers” in my house right now, and I’m not even trying hard to justify things.

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            2 months ago

            We will be sending you a bill to upgrade our power plant. Thank you for your data center services.

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            Technically, anything with a procesor is a computer and since pretty much anything with a plug of battery has one of those, we’re all living in a datacenter.