Watching the world burn as all the money flows into a multitrillion-dollar Magic 8 Ball
Lora chats with Brandon and El Reg Editor-in-Chief Matt Rosoff about how datacenters are affecting the environment, how they could be done right, and why they keep being done wrong. If you've been following the news, you've probably heard about wildfire smoke blanketing the Great Lakes region of the United States, which is where I live. On Thursday morning, I woke to see air quality index scores nearing 1,000 in nearby towns, double the AQI scale's maximum of 500 and considered dangerously unhealthy for even fit, young individuals.
- ▪Lora chats with Brandon and El Reg Editor-in-Chief Matt Rosoff about how datacenters are affecting the environment, how they could be done right, and why they keep being done wrong.
- ▪If you've been following the news, you've probably heard about wildfire smoke blanketing the Great Lakes region of the United States, which is where I live.
- ▪On Thursday morning, I woke to see air quality index scores nearing 1,000 in nearby towns, double the AQI scale's maximum of 500 and considered dangerously unhealthy for even fit, young individuals.
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