Data centres as vital as NHS and power grid, government says

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c23ljy4z05mo

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mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 16 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Data centres as vital as NHS and power grid, government says

So I guess we're going to underfund them and treat the workers as mugs?

cumming_normi@yiffit.net · 0 pts · 1y

Nah, data centers need to be reliable to be profitable, the power grid can be ignored and only hurts those that can't afford battery backup systems.

Tweak@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 1y

Datacentres are indeed shooting up all over the place at an astonishing rate. I know, I'm involved in them. However I don't think they need such protection from the government - the companies building them already have enough money (and the datacentres themselves make a ton of money) that they don't really need handouts.

zante@lemmy.wtf · 4 pts · 1y

Much more vital because in the future people won’t be important

wewbull@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y

Hard disagree. We can all survive without data centres. The transition from having them, to not having them is chaotic (as crowdstrike showed), but I think 99% of us would benefit from our financial / credit records being wiped out.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 1y

data centres just ruin the environment; nhs is a fundamental right and need.