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Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees Farenheit (www.cnn.com)

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This news article is about a preprint, which means that the study wasn't peer-reviewed. It has a number of serious problems

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[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

"I hear you, you're concerned about climate change, I get it. So how about more heat!"

...ughhh

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[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 3 points 7 months ago

Suddenly the plot of the science fiction movie The Arrival doesn't seem so fictional any more.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

The effect here is not the heat, it's the utter waste of energy to generate that heat.

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