sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering — Datacentres create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9Cwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1277arrow-down12
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-link‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering — Datacentres create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9Cwww.theguardian.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareEvergreenGuru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down39·3 months agoMaybe put the data center up north in a Nordic or Scandinavian country?
minus-squareMrNesser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoThat area is reserved for the seed vaults
minus-squareEvergreenGuru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down11·3 months agoBut the vault shifts with the ice 🧊? Soon all the seeds will float away… 🏝️
minus-squareMrNesser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoSeed vaults are built into bedrock
minus-squareEvergreenGuru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·3 months agoThen why do they shift with ice melt?
Maybe put the data center up north in a Nordic or Scandinavian country?
That area is reserved for the seed vaults
But the vault shifts with the ice 🧊? Soon all the seeds will float away… 🏝️
Seed vaults are built into bedrock
Then why do they shift with ice melt?
YUP. We have that here.