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Amazon data center plans spark environmental concerns; programmer debate continues

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Amazon is planning to build a new data center in West Texas, which will be powered by a new power plant. This plant could become one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the United States. Separately, a blog post argues that the statement "code was never the hard part" is an insult to programmers. AI

IMPACT Amazon's data center expansion may have environmental implications, while a separate discussion touches on the nature of programming in the tech industry.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a news report about Amazon's data center plans and a blog post discussing programming, neither of which rise to the level of a frontier release, significant industry move, or research.

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Amazon data center plans spark environmental concerns; programmer debate continues

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction

    An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, according to the …

    LINKS theverge.com/…/amazon-data-center-worst-p…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "Code was never the hard part" is an insult to all programmers Article URL: https:// blog.senko.net/code-was-never- the-hard-part-is-an-insult-to-all-programmer

    "Code was never the hard part" is an insult to all programmers Article URL: https:// blog.senko.net/code-was-never- the-hard-part-is-an-insult-to-all-programmers Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9222189 Points: 11 # Comments: 4 https:// blog.senko.net/code-wa…

    LINKS blog.senko.net/code-was-never-the-hard-pa…

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