• Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    It means that if a power generation plant can produce 100, but the demand is currently 50, and the datacenter wants 25, the datacenter needs to pay to expand the generation plant to 125.

    • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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      13 hours ago

      It means that data centers will just find a way to have themselves classified as anything except for a data center… meanwhile anyone who happens to have more than 3 computers in their homes will have to pay extra on their electric bills.

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        8 hours ago

        Defining “computer” would be a nightmare IMO… Desktop? Laptop? Smartphone? Smart Watch? Game console? Tablet? Screen on the fridge? Alexa device?

        I could legitimately say there’s at least 15-20 “computers” in my house right now, and I’m not even trying hard to justify things.

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          4 hours ago

          Technically, anything with a procesor is a computer and since pretty much anything with a plug of battery has one of those, we’re all living in a datacenter.

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          8 hours ago

          We will be sending you a bill to upgrade our power plant. Thank you for your data center services.