BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 days agoProposed underwater data center surprises regulators who hadn’t heard about itarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkProposed underwater data center surprises regulators who hadn’t heard about itarstechnica.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRooki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·8 days agoI am no specialist. But couldnt have this not environmental side effects?
minus-squareBrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·8 days agoYes. More specifically, the heat dumped by the servers would allow toxic algae to spread.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-28 days agoBut what about shareholder value? Surely the spreading of toxic algae would be dwarfed in comparison. And because the algae affects everyone, the city should pay for any clean up. We can’t be taxed because we didn’t make any profit. The stock buy backs cost more than we anticipated so we actually took a huge loss… MONEY PWEEASE!
minus-squareandrewth09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoToxic algae is an externality that companies have no moral obligation to be concerned about. Ezpz.
I am no specialist. But couldnt have this not environmental side effects?
Yes. More specifically, the heat dumped by the servers would allow toxic algae to spread.
But what about shareholder value? Surely the spreading of toxic algae would be dwarfed in comparison.
And because the algae affects everyone, the city should pay for any clean up.
We can’t be taxed because we didn’t make any profit. The stock buy backs cost more than we anticipated so we actually took a huge loss…
MONEY PWEEASE!
Toxic algae is an externality that companies have no moral obligation to be concerned about. Ezpz.