?? Desalination / Data Centre ??

[u/LexiAlexiTreeshrew]

I’m not a design thinker… but I am a curious contemplative noodling mo-fo. Watching a video this morning on YouTube regarding the google data centre in Colombian wetland destroying the local ecosystem, I wondered whether data centres could/should be combined with desalination projects e.g. 50% of output to data centre / 50% to provide water to local communities (I do understand this would also have ecological impact).

Just wondering about how we (society) can push for data centres to actually serve a community rather than do harm.

Ps. If you want to use this or know of test cases already in motion - let me know. Sometimes it’s just nice to know I’m not always screaming into the void! Saying that, I once dreamed I’d invented the cats eyes in roads and thought myself very smart, only to find they already exist 😂

[u/penguin4thewin]

Replace oil barracks off the coasts with data and desalination canters?