[teamonkey]

I posted several metrics by which the power used by these data centres is ‘excessive’.

You’ve decided that those don’t matter and you’ve created some other metrics by which you could consider the power use typical.

But just because you’ve found a way to say that they’re typical in one way, that doesn’t mean they’re not excessive in another way. They do use power to excess in some ways, therefore it’s perfectly legitimate to describe them as excessive in that way.

Data centres’ power use is becoming a problem for multiple reasons. The problem isn’t going to be solved by denying that a problem exists, or by taking offense when an adjective is used that draws attention to said problem.

> zealotry (believing your opinions are the only ones that can be correct)

Indeed.