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[โ€“] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The data is already processed in Europe, that doesn't change. The fact that they are getting marching orders from the CCP also doesn't. And even if they were Europeans what they are doing should be a crime.

[โ€“] misk@sopuli.xyz -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Okay, so no change in terms of legality of the enterprise. Personally I'm in favor of regulating Youtube and Tiktok to the point that they're truly socially responsible and only slightly profitable but that's mostly irrelevant to data center location discussion.

In terms of benefits of investing in data center in Norway I could list:

  • using renewable energy sources in a location that's very good at those
  • staying at regulators arms length
  • jobs

So I think this is good news.

[โ€“] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Letting people build a Heroin-Cyanide candy factory would also bring jobs, I still think it should be illegal.

[โ€“] misk@sopuli.xyz -2 points 11 months ago

That's a fair point but it would require outlawing YouTube too.