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Microsoft builds first datacenters with wood to slash carbon emissions(news.microsoft.com)

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Published: October 31, 2024

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not_that_guy05@lemmy.world
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Slash emissions by using the dead bodies of the source that removes carbon?

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BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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Trees are carbon neutral. They pull the carbon out and sequester it in themselves. When they rot or burn, the carbon is returned.

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gsfraley@lemmy.world
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I mean, that’s the mechanism by which carbon is removed. It goes into tree, tree dies or gets cut down taking all the solidified carbon with it, new tree gets planted in its place to repeat the cycle. In fact, the fastest way to scrub carbon with the practice is to farm trees, assuming you do it sustainably.

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db2@lemmy.world
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You mean sequestered, not removed. It’s one fire away from being back in circulation.

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sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Do you propose some alchemy that transforms carbon to another element? Remove carbon from the atmosphere and stop putting more up in there.

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HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
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So is every tree

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credo@lemmy.world
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Well, don’t set any data centers on fire.

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themurphy@lemmy.ml
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So the best thing you can do with a tree, is to cut it down and use it as materials, if we want to release as little CO2 as possible?

And ofc this depends on new trees being planted in its stead.

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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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If they really cared about carbon emissions, they would shut down all of their AI crap.

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bebabalula@feddit.dk
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Talk about putting lipstick on a pig…

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BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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No no. Those trees died of natural causes. /s

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corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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Wood? You mean Fire’s Favourite Food?

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Cryan24@lemmy.world
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So lots of heat plus combustible material… That sounds like a winning idea to me.

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Blemgo@lemmy.world
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If memory serves right, one of Germany’s datacenters went up in flames a few years ago because they had wooden flooring and no adequate fire suppression systems.

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aeno@discuss.tchncs.de
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It was OVH in France

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