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legitsteryesterday at 10:15 PM1 replyview on HN

When all is said and done, data centers are going to be complimentary to green energy. They can spin up and down to buffer non-linear power nodes.

They also represent investment in economic growth that doesn't come from resource extraction or travel or manufacturing.


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HDBaseTyesterday at 11:23 PM

Building data centers relies on immense manufacturing. The GPUs, systems, cooling, batteries, etc don't come from no where. They have strict replacement schedules too.