Post #3904067
2026-07-18 03:31 UTC
RE: https://aus.social/@oscarjiminy/116938829627330096
'While we used to pretend data was stored “in the cloud”, the people of Plumpton, about 30 kilometres from Melbourne’s central business district, have recently realised the cloud is more like an enormous vibrating factory that will cover about 490 soccer fields or 8700 residential blocks of land. So much for the housing crisis.
If the Plumpton data centre goes ahead, it will use more energy each year than all of the electricity generated by Victoria’s largest remaining coal-fired power station at Loy Yang. So much for the climate crisis'
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@oscarjiminy@aus.social 2026-07-18 03:33
'while Norway is a much smaller country than Australia, it has accumulated a $3 trillion sovereign wealth fund by heavily taxing the same gas companies that say they won’t invest in Australia if the government taxes them. Maybe Australia should ask Norway to negotiate with the big tech companies on our behalf'