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Life in Britain's data centre capital: Constant humming, a straining energy grid and temperatures '2C higher' thanks to 30 sites over one square mile

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10d ago Every EXISTING data center should be required to use solar panels - while figuring out even more ways to decrease the environmental and quality of life impacts. The rest should not be built or open… +3.0
10d ago I am just glad they’ve been upgrading lines and trimming trees. We live in rural East Texas but are NOT on the ERCOT Texas power grid - which is a very good thing. Losing power in July or August ca… +2.5
9d ago Extreme heat forces Tunisia into rolling power cuts to protect grid https://www.europesays.com/britain/83995/ TUNIS – Tunisia introduced rolling power cuts on Wednesday to protect its electricity… -5.0
10d ago People need to realize that substation & electrical grid infrastructure have thermal limits & a lot of that stuff is so old, it was never designed for the heat & constant power loads they are exper… -2.5

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T3 Life in Britain's data centre capital: Constant humming, a straining energy grid and temperatures '2C higher' thanks to 30 sites over one square mile 📄 power_grid_resilience dailymail.com uneasy, overheated, strained
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