Microsoft using wetlands and native gardens to 'camouflage' 20-plus data center sites by blending them into nature — critics blast the 'biomimicry' effort as 'lipstick on a pig' amid a 20-year gas power deal
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Full title: Microsoft is using wetlands and native gardens to ‘camouflage’ 20-plus data center sites by blending them into nature — critics blast the ‘biomimicry’ effort as ‘lipstick on a pig’ amid a 20-year gas power deal

  • KaligalisEnglish
    92·
    2 days ago

    Bruh. Attack the actual problems. there really are enough of them. No need to attack the only good point.
    I wished every industry would “camouflage” their factories like that.

    • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
      21·
      2 days ago

      IIRC Microsoft built huge wind farms south of Chicago off of i55 to help power their data centers a couple decades ago, part of their carbon neutral plans or something similar.