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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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veee@lemmy.ca
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Woot! Heavy timber construction!

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

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HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
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So is every tree

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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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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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WraithGear@lemmy.world
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This is a puff peice to distract. Microsoft has made no effort to lessen their carbon footprint.

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brlemworld@lemmy.world
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Technically it just makes their carbon footprint even larger

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SilverFlame@lemmy.world
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I recently had a tour of the Redmond campus. They have multiple geothermal wells for power as well as an air conditioning system that uses almost no energy, it was pretty neat.

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sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Too bad all that cool stuff is negligible compared to what actually makes a difference

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gencha@lemm.ee
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I’ve also put wood panels on my car to save the environment. It’s pretty useful.

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MyOpinion@lemm.ee
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LOL they are trying to trick us. Microsoft we see you.

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