▲ 981 ▼ County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’ (www.404media.co) submitted 1 month ago by Nobody_Special@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 77 comments fedilink hide all child comments Henrico County is a major hub for data centers in Virginia. Its officials said it expects a 25% rise in electricity costs next year, and advised workers to close the blinds and turn off their computers to make up for it.
[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (2 children) No AC in schools. School is out in the summer in general. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago May June and September don't have the capability to have hot days in Europe? In 2010 only the newer part of my highschool had AC, but now I believe the whole building does. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ErmahgherdDavid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) We prefer to stick our fingers in our ears, pretend climate change isn't getting worse and torture our kids and teachers instead. At least after the recent heatwave some conversations are starting to happen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago May June and September don't have the capability to have hot days in Europe? In 2010 only the newer part of my highschool had AC, but now I believe the whole building does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ErmahgherdDavid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) We prefer to stick our fingers in our ears, pretend climate change isn't getting worse and torture our kids and teachers instead. At least after the recent heatwave some conversations are starting to happen. permalink fedilink source parent