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EU has a really big problem with lobbing/corruption. Qatargate, russian connections, von der Leyen–Pfizer affair.
Data centers are uber resource hogs: land, water, power. They compete for the same resources as other industries but also against the local citizenry. Who benefits from mass consumption of the resources and at what cost. Age old debate.
Data centers are uber resource hogs: land, water, power. They compete for the same resources as other industries but also against the local citizenry. Who benefits from mass consumption of the resources and at what cost. Age old debate.
Have you always had similar things to say about the paper industry?
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> I find this facet of Capitalism the most concerning; fiduciary responsibility to the shareholder. That’s not the least of my concerns. My problem with capitalism is its desire to influence politics in its favor, and the utter lack of regulation amongst politicians (ie self regulation) to forbid this practice. The whole industry of lobbying should not be allowed to exist.
Lobbying must be allowed to exist. You bringing issues to the attention of your representative or asking them to change some policy is lobbying. It is even very useful to allow organizations to lobby politicians. For example, I want EFF to be able to lobby politicians about things I don't have the time or influence to really push for political change on. I do wonder how we could effectively restrict corporate lobbyin…
I guess we need to pay politicians enough. And have very very strict checks on their wealth. Maybe even only pick people with no families and don't allow them property. That would essentially eliminate bribery. Question is what else would it do... Nothing is so simple in the end.
But yes any such system has to be very simple at it's core.
I forget, am i meant to be shaking with rage that the EU have regulations OR that the regulations include disclosure carveouts?
Data centers are uber resource hogs: land, water, power. They compete for the same resources as other industries but also against the local citizenry. Who benefits from mass consumption of the resources and at what cost. Age old debate.
Have you always had similar things to say about the paper industry?
I forget, am i meant to be shaking with rage that the EU have regulations OR that the regulations include disclosure carveouts?
It's that EU has illusion of regulation that is nerfed with either loopholes or lack of enforcement.
I have complete confidence the EU will realise this may violate transparency laws, it will go to court in 7-8 years, publish a response in the next 5 finally getting this law fixed in about 2040. They always get these things right, in the end
I wonder if this is less about the environmental impact (which can be greenwashed as necessary), and more about the power consumption of individual data centres.
Well datacenters ARE rated by their power usage. And then there is a PUE ratio which indicates how much power is to be used by feeding the equipment vs overall usage for supporting equipment (cooling). Just this week we launched a datacenter hat runs 100% on renewable energy even in case when diesel engines have to turn on and seeking LEED certification: https://delska.com/about/news-resources/delska-newsroom/dels...…
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It's that EU has illusion of regulation that is nerfed with either loopholes or lack of enforcement.
Nerfed carrying a lot of water here, neglecting the fact that big tech is successfully using the US federal government to threaten the whole of EU if they are slightly mean to Zuckerberg + friends.
https://noyb.eu/en/noybs-pay-or-okay-report-how-companies-ma...