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Data Centers Demand a Massive Amount of Energy. Here’s How Some States Are Tackling the Industry’s Impact. (www.propublica.org)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So there's a solution for the pollution already working in Denmark.

All data centers in Denmark needs to be hooked up to the central heating system. That means that all data centers are required to use all their heat from the data center to heat up the water for households.

As you can imagine, there's less fossil fuel burned because you now get the heat from this.

I have no idea if this would work in the US, because it means to actually regulate something.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Wouldn't work in the United States as there is no central heating system.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Not in all cities but in some, and some buildings do use centralized heating. Nothing on the scale of Denmark.

I think Syracuse University has the biggest one covering the university and some parts of the city.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

To be fair, Denmark is about the size of a building.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Central heating systems are still pretty local. Maybe some states could do it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

It also wouldn't make much sense in suburbia.

But it's strange that you don't have central heating in big densely populated cities located in moderate climate with normal winters.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So do

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do so?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

So do that then