[HN Gopher] Why an Oregon small utility is among the biggest pol...
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Why an Oregon small utility is among the biggest polluters: Amazon
data centers
Author : jweir
Score : 12 points
Date : 2024-02-17 17:40 UTC (5 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.oregonlive.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.oregonlive.com)
| poulsbohemian wrote:
| Was there any actually content in the linked article? I saw a
| picture, a caption, and the rest rendered as advertisements.
| Didn't even look paywalled, just content-free.
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| For decades Umatilla county had the cheapest energy in the
| country, so shouldn't be a surprise this investment has been
| made.
| jweir wrote:
| https://archive.is/YvMfx
| llacb47 wrote:
| uBlock Origin causing an issue. Should be fixed soon.
| photochemsyn wrote:
| See also
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| https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/sustainability/article/33...
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| Points of contention: > "In the meantime, several of Amazon's new
| data centers in Oregon will be supported by on-site power
| generation from fuel cells running on natural gas. AWS describes
| the decision as a short-term strategy to support customers in its
| US-West region until its renewable energy agreement ramps up."
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| > "Earlier this year Oregon bill HB 2816 sought to set similar
| targets for data centers and cryptocurrency facilities with power
| capacity of 10 megawatts or more, requiring them to reduce
| greenhouse gas emissions to 60 percent below "baseline emissions
| levels" by 2025 and 80 percent by 2030. The consequences would be
| steep: HB 2816 sought to impose daily fines of $12,000 per
| megawatt hour on any operator that fails to meet the goals."
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