Little Agreement on Data Centers Except ‘Not Here’
Data centers are driving power demands but few seem to want data centers near them.
Editor's note: Article by Cardinal News from September 3, 2024. See below.
If you’re reading this, whether on your phone or a desktop computer or a tablet, the electrons that comprise all this data went through a data center.
That’s where the controversy begins.
See the BroadbandLive discussion on data centers
Broadband Breakfast on September 11, 2024 - The Rise of Data Centers
Data centers are leaving an increasingly visible footprint on our environment
Hunter Newby
Data centers — basically big warehouses of the computers that make the internet “go” — are concentrated in Northern Virginia, except that there is growing opposition to having so many of them there.
Data centers are also well-known energy hogs. Dominion Energy says that 24% of its power now goes to data centers.
