So Google is investing an additional €1 billion into their $3.5B Hamina, Finland data center. The facility will use so much electricity that after the investment, the whole city of Hamina can be heated by the waste heat alone.
It’s not a surprise that the government is hailing this as a huge win and “primarily a significant climate action”. Consuming all those megawatts is significant alright, but maybe not in the way the government talking points imply…
https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-invests-1-billion-euros-finnish-data-centre-drive-ai-growth-2024-05-20/
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2024-05-20 15:07:24
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