More than 100 UK datacentres plan to burn gas to generate electricity | Requests for gas connections by operators amount to more than 15 terawatt hours per year, endangering climate targets.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/37974613
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But at least I'll be able to make cat gifs without needing to change a litterbox!
Managing perception 101 soon to be a dead art now that anything goes.
What would happen if someone used that gas to burn down the datacenters once they are connected? Just a thought.
sickening
fuck gipity dude
Tera what? Is this why Americans measure stuff in body parts, buses and hamburgers?
I'd do the proper math but I'm lazy. Sounds like roughly 2.1 Gigawatts to me.