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minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThey can do anything, from data centers to any industrial production line. At worst they recycle aluminum. Not every country has that much sun and the space. You don’t want to clear forests or farmland for solar energy.
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe cost of running a data centre in the desert would become cost prohibitive at the drawing board stage.
minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoLink it with desalination and it becomes an advantage.
They can do anything, from data centers to any industrial production line. At worst they recycle aluminum.
Not every country has that much sun and the space. You don’t want to clear forests or farmland for solar energy.
The cost of running a data centre in the desert would become cost prohibitive at the drawing board stage.
Link it with desalination and it becomes an advantage.