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Turns out, nobody wants a data center in their backyard (www.motherjones.com)
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[โ€“] thinkercharmercoderfarmer@slrpnk.net 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I guess it depends on how much equipment is needed before something becomes a "datacenter". I don't really see a community hub being a massive supercomputer, maybe a small office or a room in a local library. I'd argue that a single server could be called a datacenter if it centralizes data, but I don't think that is the common understanding of the word. Maybe the word needs to be reclaimed.

[โ€“] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

literally no one calls a single server a datacenter, and there is no reason to. If you did, then you'd just need to come up with a new term for datacenters. for what? Just use the term the way everyone else does.