Open source datacenters and open source thinking will undo self-inflicted DC damage
Their role as dark cathedrals of the equally demonic AIs has done nothing to soften attitudes.A new contract of candour is needed between those who build datacenters and those who despise them. Shrugging off concerns, or offering shiny misdirections with no intent of following through, no longer works. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Take energy.
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