posted in Technology

Mustachius_Grumpius@Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club

Microsoft is using wetlands and native gardens to 'camouflage' 20-plus data center sites by blending them into nature — critics blast the 'biomimicry' effort as 'lipstick on a pig' amid a 20-year gas…

Full title: Microsoft is using wetlands and native gardens to ‘camouflage’ 20-plus data center sites by blending them into nature — critics blast the ‘biomimicry’ effort as ‘lipstick on a pig’ amid a 20-year gas power deal

www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/microsoft-is-using-wetlands-and-native-gardens-to-camouflage-20-plus-data-center-sites-by-blending-them-into-nature-critics-blast-the-biomimicry-effort-as-lipstick-on-a-pig-amid-a-20-year-gas-power-deal
zaphod@zaphod@lemmy.ca

Replying to @⁨Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club⁩

A tale as old as time. Forestry has been doing this forever: clear-cutting where the public can’t see it and keeping forests near roads pristine.

Once again: the problem isn’t Microsoft or the datacenter builders. It’s the governments approving these projects in the first place. Regulation is the only fix. Companies will rape and pillage unless we collectively choose to stop them.

zaphod@zaphod@lemmy.ca

Replying to @⁨stinkytofuisgood@lemmy.ca⁩

I mean, yes but?

Create a system that incentivizes people or groups to pursue profit ahead of environmental concerns and that’s what you’ll get. POSWID and all that.

Directing anger at Microsoft or a datacenter builder is a very convenient way for those in power to deflect blame away from those who created the system in the first place.

The only real, systemic solve is to fix the incentives through taxation and regulation.

Anything else is futile.

Edited ⁨⁨Oct⁩ ⁨6⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨23:56⁩⁩en