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New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] Manjushri@piefed.social 19 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

Wouldn't it be cheaper in the long run to just put solar panels all over the buildings and parking lots, and maybe some surrounding fields, and an array of batteries to run off of at night? Maybe add some wind mills too, seeing as Texas generates a tremendous amount of power with wind already.

[โ€“] Corvidae@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Businesses are mostly concerned with the short term.

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