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The datacenters are mostly air cooled but also use massive amounts of water when it gets warmer. Exactly during the times that f the year when citizens and farm
by digitalengineer 3y ago
The datacenters are mostly air cooled but also use massive amounts of water when it gets warmer. Exactly during the times that f the year when citizens and farmers are called upon to use less water. How much? Independent studies showed up to 4 times more then Microsoft claimed. Furthermore the water they put back in the local lakes contains some unknown kind of chemical. So yeah I get why locals and farmers might be upset. https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/tech/artikel/5326566/datacenter-microsoft-hoger-verbruik-drinkwater-84-miljoen-liter https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/tech/artikel/5326566/datacenter-mic...
- masklinn 3y agoThe farmers are mostly giant moaning hypocrites. They’re the cause of the nitrogen crisis.
- spiderfarmer 3y agoNo. The real issue is the fact that when Natura 2000 guidelines became a thing, we undemocratically decided on the wrong species to protect. And when we realized this would effectively kill all economic activity in NL, there was no way back. Even when all farms disappear we will not reach the goals. And right now the emissions of farms are (likely) illegally exchanged for other polluting activity like airports. We should have a hard think if it’s really necessary to ruin our country to protect species that are abundant in other countries.
- digitalengineer 3y agoDid you even read the comment?
- guilhas 3y agoNitrogen fertilizers were produced with gas from Russia, now in shortage, the new environmental rules are just a guise