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submitted 1 day ago by sanitation@lemmy.radio to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 65 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who the fuck builds a data center in Phoenix?! Was the surface of the sun not available?

[–] Eric@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They don't give a fuck about us. Phoenix likely gave tax breaks, energy deals etc

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Seems hard to believe that those would outweigh the like 30 degree average temperature difference of building it some place like Glasgow Montana.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The cooling water evaporates real nice in the desert tho

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

I didn't think about evaporative cooling for some reason, how much water will that use?