[sophacles]

You can find data centers by looking for hvac units in satellite photos.

[hirako2000]

You can make a few phone calls. Maintenance is not avoidable until boston dynamics figure out how to clean the toilets at least.

[Ekaros]

Probably also grid connections like size of transformers and if there is prominent number of trucks going in and out.

[jmalicki]

The relative lack of trucks is what would identify the data center. The only other buildings like that are warehouses, which have a lot more trucks going in and out relatively speaking.

[hnlmorg]

In rural areas maybe. But plenty of data centres are in cities too. And European cities are not generally known for an abundance of parking spaces.

[jmalicki]

The giant kilometer by kilometer hyperscaler data centers aren't in cities.

[hnlmorg]

Actually sometimes they are.

For example Lakeside Technology Center in Chicago

Or Telehouse in London