News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Meta suspends Netherlands data center due to political pu... by hnaccount_rng on Thursday March 31, 2022 @03:19AM (#30864685)
But I’d that really a meaningful comparison? For that fuel consumption you get all of normal life. For that added data center noticing will change. In other words: the benefits for the humans aren’t even on the same measurement scale (although I’m a bit skeptical regarding the numbers. Amsterdam is a significant fraction of the Netherlands and I would be surprised if burning fuel would be 3 orders of magnitude more than electricity consumption for a Western European. But I’m also too lazy to do the calculations so …)
Re:Meta suspends Netherlands data center due to political pu... by jeffbee on Thursday March 31, 2022 @08:20AM (#30866341)
Liquid petroleum is a significant component of energy consumption. It can't be ignored for these purposes.

https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world/total-energy/to...

Re:Meta suspends Netherlands data center due to political pu... by hnaccount_rng on Thursday March 31, 2022 @11:04AM (#30867987)
I'm not saying it should be ignored. I'm saying I doubt it's a factor of 300 (which you claimed it to be)