In short, as digital consumers, we can take responsibility for our role.
Take an active part and put pressure on our consumption preferences. Make digital consumption an active and conscious process to reflect on collectively.

But don't let the individualisation of blame crush us, as they did with the carbon footprint.

For example, let's ask for the responsibility of the #DataCentre of #TalaveraDeLaReina to those who have it: Mark Zuckerberg, who wants to install it, and the Mayoress of Talavera de la Reina, who allowed it. And García-Page, the President of Castilla La Mancha who, promoted it.

Almost 20% of electricity use just for data centres, while households reduce use during the energy crisis. Insanity!

Ireland is the perfect location for data centres, and gives us important economic leverage.

A ban is a bad idea.

But companies should have to construct at least 125% of energy needs in renewable generation, supporting the energy transition and reducing energy costs for people.

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/0612/1388694-power-consumption-by-data-centres-jumped-31-last-year/

#datacentre #irishpolitics #ireland #climatecrisis #energycrisis

IBM plans first European quantum computing centre in Germany https://www.euractiv.com/section/industrial-strategy/news/ibm-plans-first-european-quantum-computing-centre-in-germany/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #cloud #datacentre #EuropeanUnion #Germany #IBM

IBM plans first European quantum computing centre in Germany https://www.euractiv.com/section/industrial-strategy/news/ibm-plans-first-european-quantum-computing-centre-in-germany/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #cloud #datacentre #EuropeanUnion #Germany #IBM

PSA for any #datacentre #infrastructure / #dci types who follow me; if you use kWh metering #Enlogic "Advantage Series" #PDU s, certainly the per-outlet metered EN6329 that we use, we uncovered they were only actually recording half the expected energy consumption(!)

They have confirmed that they have reproduced the issue and are currently testing the next build that addresses this issue, expected to release in a couple of weeks.

RT @MsBClarke
This #EarthDay2023 let us also consider the impact of #technology on our planet. Everything is in the cloud aka the #datacentre - what is the impact of datacentres on the planet - I recommend watching https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hzb3
#greenIT #EarthDay

Tiny #DataCentre used to heat public #SwimmingPool : BBC

There’s a #Psychological ‘#Vaccine’ against #Misinformation : Sci Am

7 Effective Methods That Allow Companies Cut Down #Greenhouse Gas #Emissions : Medium

Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

A startup had an ambition
To find an efficient solution
For soaring energy bills
So they thought with a thrill
To use data centre waste heat they blew in

#startup #energy #datacentre #wasteheat #limerick #poetry

http://thenextweb.com/news/deep-green-data-centre-turns-waste-heat-into-water-swiming

More #solutions and #stories like this please. “The #heat generated by a washing-machine-sized #datacentre is being used to heat a Devon public swimming pool. The #computers inside the white box are surrounded by oil to capture the heat - enough to heat the pool to about 30C 60% of the time, saving Exmouth Leisure Centre thousands of pounds. The data centre is provided to the council-run centre free of charge.” https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64939558.amp

More #solutions and #stories like this. “The #heat generated by a washing-machine-sized #datacentre is being used to heat a Devon public swimming pool. The #computers inside the white box are surrounded by oil to capture the heat - enough to heat the pool to about 30C 60% of the time, saving Exmouth Leisure Centre thousands of pounds. The data centre is provided to the council-run centre free of charge.” https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64939558.amp

This week, check out our special episode exploring the links between data centres, wind energy and... bog slides!

#climate #climatechange #climateCrisis
#datacentre

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/8c78f4b8-1aed-464e-8167-b3ebc5551768

After keeping #Disney and #Walmart out, rich landowners battle #Amazon https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/13/amazon-data-center-warrenton-virginia/ in same #watershed, developers entice a #datacentre and #amazonWarehouse to the banks of the #rapidan river where cooling needs+generator use, and #runoff tax #orangecountyVa with #water demand, electricity use, #noise (no ordinance in place!) and #sediment, on a site of a former #goldmine, already leaking #mercury into the #river. #publichearing coming up. #pecva @washingtonpost

Content warning... I realise this is comedy, but for anyone who has spent time in a Datacenter, this clueless clownshow is f**king horrifying and highly dangerous from an instructive POV... People who know what they're doing don't rip up their nails on cage nuts...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzntUW34bv8
#devops #datacentre

#datacentre problems you never knew you had until recently?

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/19/intel_amd_uptime_cooling/

We need to be bold!

Says Chair of BCS #GreenIT Specialist Group John Booth talking to #NetZero Professional's Nick Gibson about #DataCentre strategies for #CarbonReduction

Issues raised:

- Lack of government guidance on #DataCentre sustainability

- Energy consumption recorded via #ClimateChangeAgreements currently excluding a major portion of the ICT estate

- High energy sectors will be subject to increasing scrutiny & regulatory compliance is key

#TechPolicy

https://netzeroprofessional.com/data-centre-strategies-for-carbon-reduction/

@mjm I've "moved servers" too, and now you have me recalling past episodes of being called upon as a #datacentre #removalist. Normal company moves are one thing, but pushing a trolley-load of #websites between downtown #Toronto buildings during a 4 AM maintenance window and hoping the drunks I was passing were peaceful was another thing. #sysadminlife

Apple's #Betrayal to the USA happened Long Ago FOLKS. What you are seeing now is the AFTER BIRTH of that Betrayal.

In February, #Apple announced a further major investment in its long-standing Irish operation with the construction of a giant €850m (£615m) #datacentre in Athenry, #CoGalway. The centre is expected to create 300 new jobs and will be Apple’s largest #data_collection_hub in #Europe.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/05/ireland-attracts-soaring-level-of-us-investment

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Touvabien !

Donc l'Irlande a une politique fiscale exprès pour attirer les très grandes entreprises, lesquelles ont des datacentres qui consomment beaucoup, beaucoup d'énergie; ce qui provoque des pannes pour cause de pas assez de production électrique.

https://www.lebigdata.fr/irlande-data-centers-pannes-electriques

#panne #datacentre #électricité #Irlande

TikTok construit son premier Data Center européen pour 500 millions $
https://www.lebigdata.fr/tiktok-data-center-europeen

#Confidentialité #DonnéesPersonnelles #TikTok #Datacentre #Europe