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.

  • rynn@piefed.social
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    19 hours ago

    I guess they could light a data center on fire to keep warm and not run their heaters? Win/win?
    (Also I hope it’s very obvious to everyone this is a joke, I’m not trying no to incite or encourage violence in any way at all).

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      7 hours ago

      I’m just amazed at the grotesquely huge amounts of copper they have in those datacenters.

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      11 hours ago

      I also hope that data centers “don’t” get burnt down. How "un"satisfying would that be. While I’m at it, I hope no one kills the trillionaire.