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by afandian 16 days ago
Yet here we are talking about the environmental impact of Microsoft data centres in NL. We wouldn’t otherwise be.
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Are we talking about the environmental impact? Or are we talking about the vandalism perpetrated by activists? Attention on the protestors is not necessarily attention on the protestors' cause.
> Are we talking about the environmental impact?

Yes, obviously. Scroll up or down.

I mostly see commenters quipping about how this will just mean the concert will have to be re poured, resulting in yet more emissions. The bulk of the comments are about the protestors, not the environmental impact of this data center.
Emphasis on "mostly" meaning that you do see people talking about the impact. There you go.
It's literally a building that turns electricity into reasonably intelligent text and we're still here talking about environmental impacts. Is this where we're at with NIMBYism in the West now? Will there ever be popular support to build industrial production any more?
And talking about why climate protestors glue themselves to roadways!