• @mannycalavera@feddit.uk
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    182 months ago

    Data centres as vital as NHS and power grid, government says

    So I guess we’re going to underfund them and treat the workers as mugs?

    • @cumming_normi
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      02 months ago

      Nah, data centers need to be reliable to be profitable, the power grid can be ignored and only hurts those that can’t afford battery backup systems.

  • TWeaK
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    62 months ago

    Datacentres are indeed shooting up all over the place at an astonishing rate. I know, I’m involved in them. However I don’t think they need such protection from the government - the companies building them already have enough money (and the datacentres themselves make a ton of money) that they don’t really need handouts.

  • @wewbull@feddit.uk
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    22 months ago

    Hard disagree. We can all survive without data centres. The transition from having them, to not having them is chaotic (as crowdstrike showed), but I think 99% of us would benefit from our financial / credit records being wiped out.

  • katy ✨
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    02 months ago

    data centres just ruin the environment; nhs is a fundamental right and need.