Microsoft using wetlands and native gardens to 'camouflage' 20-plus data center sites by blending them into nature — critics blast the 'biomimicry' effort as 'lipstick on a pig' amid a 20-year gas power deal
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Full title: Microsoft is using wetlands and native gardens to ‘camouflage’ 20-plus data center sites by blending them into nature — critics blast the ‘biomimicry’ effort as ‘lipstick on a pig’ amid a 20-year gas power deal

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The only way to avoid negative environmental consequences I’ve seen implemented is Japan using geothermal vents in the ocean.

    They harvest the heat for energy, and the ocean (that would get heated up anyways) for cooling.

    The net effect is an artificial reef and spreading the heat out further in a temperate zone that facilitates biological growth.

    I don’t think there’s any scenario that actually works on land. Maybe out in the middle of the desert powered only by solar and using an absolutely massive heatsink that dumps it all over night when the desert is cold. But the cost for that would be insane.