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Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US
(techcrunch.com)
Microsoft needs new leadership.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2026
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This is the stupidest way to power computers. Gas powered computers? Wtf lol
This is not the steampunk world I wished for man.
Who would plan a gas powered data center in a post- Hormuz era?? This is either a boondoggle or the planners are dumber than a sack of hot doorknobs
The suicidally/omnicidally corrupt.
just shoot them
I agree
FOR WHAT? there are already plenty of DCs we dont NEED MORE STOP BUILDING THEM. SAVE THE FREAKING TREES AND THE ANIMALS. DON"T KILL THE PLANET FFS!
SAVE THE FREAKING TREES AND THE ANIMALS
and the RAM!
Microsoft actually doesn't seem to have enough data center capacity: Microsoft forced to turn to AWS to boost GitHub cloud capacity following AI demand surge
No, Microsoft has enough, they've just slop coded so much bloat in that they choose to not address while piling more and more vibe coding tools on top (which is why they are spinning up more capacity, to feed LLM slop code into).
Sounds like they do now tho.
It also fucks over anyone who manages or uses a computer. Each one makes our hardware more expensive.
at the rate they're building these things, either they're getting severe kickbacks or someone has the goods on them. I'm not seeing any other justification for building them so insistently.
Its stock market manipulation.
The second they don't look like an exponential growth curve, they are over-valued and crash.
Nah, they're addicted to being first and everyone's running this race so you gotta race faster than them. They know a collapse is coming, but those only affect poors and the collapse will make subsequent investing much cheaper.
If you're thinking about consequences, you're not doing capitalism well enough to be on top anyways.
think of the shareholders
These fuckin' assholes are literally trying to kill us all.
That's been obvious for a while.
Totally consistent with us being pushed to use MS Copilot. The Chevron types are those that push fossil fuels on us, like they push ICE cars over EVs, and fossil methane over renewables.
In 2010, I thought, maybe we'd start using electric cars by now. Instead we are using gas powered computers.
Gas powered computers.
That are unreliable and broken.
Well individually, we do have choices. My EV, PC and AI do run on renewables. But you aren't careful, fossil fuels will creep their way into your daily life.
You have a choice but the system is rigged so you pick the one that the people in charge want. Electric cars are way too expensive and gas is subsidized by the government how is that a fair choice? Also my state charges me a super high tax every year on my electric car as a penalty for not buying gas
By "system is rigged", you mean O&G lobbies to keep those subsidies. Instead of subsidizing climate change, I would vote to subsidize renewables and grid upgrades, and to have the same fee for all cars regardless of propulsion.
Fossil Fascism in action
New Dystopia Setting Unlocked!
Americans need to fix their shit. We're all guilty of fucking up the planet but this escalation is fucking criminal.
I assume you mean the Americans in charge. The Americans in charge are making loads of money, why would they stop?
The rest of us have zero power. We're barely surviving at this point. Countless Americans are dying of preventable illnesses and becoming slaves to debt from food, housing and/or medical prices.
So many people have this hilariously incorrect view of what's going on over here. Maybe stop listening to the people in charge of us, eh? This country is so fucking broken right now.
I see people here everyday wishing death upon Russians and Israelis for what their governments are doing, most of those posters are probably American, yet you expect a special treatment? I don't even know what the people in charge of you are saying, what I see is your government's actions and what you guys post on Lemmy.
Of course they do.
It’s always fucking Texas
There's no climate change. Renewable energy plants are too expensive!
Can't tell if your spouting idiotic nonsense or being sarcastic
Poster is a Corvid, not a Parrot. Sarcasm for sure! They are smartiepants.
Looks like sarcasm
Yay, we surely need a 2.67GW heater!
Asshats