beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoEPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution lawswww.epa.govexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1151arrow-down1external-linkEPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution lawswww.epa.govbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1365974/epa-says-power-for-data-centers-can-sidestep-pollution-laws
minus-squareBooBees@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 month agoSo every company can slap a windows machine next to their pollution dumping generators and call it a data center now.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-21 month agoNo, the ruling sends to be as long as it’s not a publicly contracted utility you can polite as much as you want. That is to say, basically anything the rich want to do to pollute is fine as long as they don’t share it with the plebs.
So every company can slap a windows machine next to their pollution dumping generators and call it a data center now.
No, the ruling sends to be as long as it’s not a publicly contracted utility you can polite as much as you want.
That is to say, basically anything the rich want to do to pollute is fine as long as they don’t share it with the plebs.