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Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2026
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Pretty much, or hardware that's so expensive to run because of electricity that newer stuff makes sense. That's always been the case, like ohh I can get cheap server hardware, until I look at my power bill.