eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoData Center Operator Slapped With $1 Million Fine for Belching Noxious Gas Into Surrounding Community: "I'd be lying to say if I were surprised."futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareGreyghoster@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThey would like it less if it was $1m per day but even that if a tiny amount compared with the cost of the data centre.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoYeah, it would probably only take like half to a full decade or so for the $1m/day to equal the build cost of the datacenter (assuming ~$3b, that’s 8.2 yr)
minus-squareGreyghoster@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThey say this data centre is $17b. It really makes you wonder where the revenue to pay for it comes from.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agothere is none, its all VC money,
They would like it less if it was $1m per day but even that if a tiny amount compared with the cost of the data centre.
Yeah, it would probably only take like half to a full decade or so for the $1m/day to equal the build cost of the datacenter (assuming ~$3b, that’s 8.2 yr)
They say this data centre is $17b. It really makes you wonder where the revenue to pay for it comes from.
there is none, its all VC money,