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alapakala@quokk.au to Technology@programming.devEnglish · 3 days ago

Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says

www.theguardian.com

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Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says

www.theguardian.com

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Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times

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  • onlinepersona@programming.dev
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    Why though? Won’t there be a huge second hand market?

    • siravious@lemmy.world
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      Agree, plus pent up demand. Like me and everyone else could really use some normally priced components for a change lol

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        And people will use datacenter stuff. There are already pcie card for the weird smi card interface for the big nvidia server card, same for amd stuff. Small epyc board exist already. Hacker will get every cheap electronic to work.

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      And miss out on the tax writeoffs when they send the equipment to landfills?

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    Aww yea, gimme those sweet cheap HDDs.

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