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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The differences in energy usage are not that big. And extra quantities of servers easily offsets the efficiency gains.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

The servers would be built anyways as long as there's demand for computing. Meanwhile, both energy usage and water requirements are important factors. The municipal water supply competing with data centre usage is already a big problem in many states in the US.