Data Centers

Discussions center on data centers, including their construction, locations, power requirements, energy sources, and environmental implications like heat production and water usage.

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NorwegianDude • Mar 8, 2022 • View on HN

In...datacenters? That's a strange usecase!

heyitssim • Jan 22, 2025 • View on HN

who will benefit from those datacenters?

click170 • Nov 19, 2011 • View on HN

Oh oh! Put a datacenter in there!

Soremwar • Nov 7, 2021 • View on HN

Not that simple of a comparison since "data centers" mean a different thing in both cases

throw0101a • Mar 17, 2022 • View on HN

Aren't all data centres "heat-producing"? :)

fizx • Jun 28, 2012 • View on HN

Anyone know where the datacenters are going to be?

lukeh • Apr 9, 2021 • View on HN

Perhaps, for their data centers?

grinich • Aug 12, 2009 • View on HN

Why are all of their data centers in the US?

gattr • Sep 27, 2024 • View on HN

Surely a 1.21-GW datacenter would suffice!

exe34 • Jan 14, 2025 • View on HN

the opposite of building datacenters?