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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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[–] bebabalula@feddit.dk 41 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Talk about putting lipstick on a pig…

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No no. Those trees died of natural causes. /s

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Wood is a carbon sink.

Growing trees and building things out of them is good. Trees are renewable.

We ought not be cutting down forests for it BUT farmed wood is actually a good building material.