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John Booth 'Data centers: Data theatre and the tsunami of frivolous data'

John Booth 'Data centers: Data theatre and the tsunami of frivolous data'

Update: 2022-12-14

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John Booth is a well-known figure in EU data centre circles, primarily for his role as reviewer for the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres and his work with the Certified Energy Efficiency Data Centre Award.

I started by asking John if he thinks data centers are doing enough to conserve energy, water and materials in this time of crisis. I gave an example of a 2021 survey which found that 63% of data center managers thought “there is no business justification for collecting water usage data.”

Yes, thought there are laws coming from the EU that should change that attitude.

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John Booth 'Data centers: Data theatre and the tsunami of frivolous data'

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