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EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1365974/epa-says-power-for-data-centers-can-sidestep-pollution-laws
www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-permitting-guidance-further-president-trumps-agenda-promoting-data-centersSo every company can slap a windows machine next to their pollution dumping generators and call it a data center now.
Replying to @BooBees@fedinsfw.app
No, the ruling sends to be as long as it’s not a publicly contracted utility you can polute as much as you want.
That is to say, basically anything the rich want to do to pollute is fine as long as they don’t share it with the plebs.