What does a datacenter need a huge glass front for? Slashing carbon emissions? Yeah right.
this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
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Talk about putting lipstick on a pig…
If they really cared about carbon emissions, they would shut down all of their AI crap.
This is a puff peice to distract. Microsoft has made no effort to lessen their carbon footprint.
I recently had a tour of the Redmond campus. They have multiple geothermal wells for power as well as an air conditioning system that uses almost no energy, it was pretty neat.
Technically it just makes their carbon footprint even larger
So lots of heat plus combustible material.. That sounds like a winning idea to me.
If memory serves right, one of Germany's datacenters went up in flames a few years ago because they had wooden flooring and no adequate fire suppression systems.
It was OVH in France
Slash emissions by using the dead bodies of the source that removes carbon?
I mean, that's the mechanism by which carbon is removed. It goes into tree, tree dies or gets cut down taking all the solidified carbon with it, new tree gets planted in its place to repeat the cycle. In fact, the fastest way to scrub carbon with the practice is to farm trees, assuming you do it sustainably.
You mean sequestered, not removed. It's one fire away from being back in circulation.
So is every tree
Well, don’t set any data centers on fire.
But what if I really want to :(
Noted for the future.
So the best thing you can do with a tree, is to cut it down and use it as materials, if we want to release as little CO2 as possible?
And ofc this depends on new trees being planted in its stead.
Trees are carbon neutral. They pull the carbon out and sequester it in themselves. When they rot or burn, the carbon is returned.
LOL they are trying to trick us. Microsoft we see you.
I've also put wood panels on my car to save the environment. It's pretty useful.
Woot! Heavy timber construction!