▲ 952 ▼ County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’ (www.404media.co) submitted 4 months ago by Nobody_Special@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 73 comments fedilink hide all child comments Henrico County is a major hub for data centers in Virginia. Its officials said it expects a 25% rise in electricity costs next year, and advised workers to close the blinds and turn off their computers to make up for it.
[–] antrosapien@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago Well.. duh. Data center makes dollar, schools costs dollar permalink fedilink source