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Microsoft builds first datacenters with wood to slash carbon emissions (news.microsoft.com)
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Published: October 31, 2024

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[–] Cryan24@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So lots of heat plus combustible material.. That sounds like a winning idea to me.

[–] Blemgo@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

If memory serves right, one of Germany's datacenters went up in flames a few years ago because they had wooden flooring and no adequate fire suppression systems.

EDIT: it was in France, and Europe's biggest datacenter.

[–] aeno@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It was OVH in France

[–] Blemgo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Ah, seems to be right, my bad.

Also, to correct myself a bit more: it was Europe's biggest datacenter.