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County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’ (www.404media.co)
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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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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 65 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

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.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 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

[–] XLE@piefed.social 3 points 36 minutes ago

Are they in cahoots with the PACs that support pro AI candidates? (Are they the same groups? I really don't know.)