Posts Tagged ‘communities’
Data Centers Disrupt Communities
A difficult fact of siting data centers is that nearby communities endure high water consumption, impacts of power supply, exposure to noise from cooling systems, and the eyesore of the facility. Community members often object to data center construction while local governments are frequently welcoming.
Read MoreThe environmental impact of cloud computing
Cloud computing’s data center operators and IT professionals are responsible for bringing the environmental impact of the cloud to heel. These groups built out the cloud computing industry, and their daily decisions steer its direction.
Read MoreCommunity organizers emerging in landscape of data center siting
Our ongoing enjoyment of GenAI will require more data center capacity construction, and communities are objecting.
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