Ever wondered where all the information on the internet is stored? No, it doesn't just exist somewhere in the atmosphere. Instead, it is housed in data centers: enormous warehouses dotted across the globe that are full of very powerful computers.
While data centers serve an important purpose in 21st-century society, they are not without controversy. Indeed, they can be very non-environmentally-friendly and inefficient, not to mention unsightly. In some parts of the world, local residents are responding very negatively to data center operators looking to expand their capacity.
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