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www.newsweek.com/texas-data-c... CAFE forced the automakers to design for fuel effeciency. Clearly something similiar needs to be done in the data center space unless we fully trust the tech bros to be considerate of the lives of the common folk or, gasp, the local environment.

Texas data centers use 50 billion gallons of water as state faces drought

The Alamo City facilities, owned by Microsoft and the Army Corps, have taken large amounts of water from the drought-ridden state.

newsweek.com

@schiff.senate.gov Dear Senator- any chance we Californians can create state positions for some of the fired Federal employees? Some of them had very important functions with infectious disease research and surveillance that Ca. could benefit from as an example.

A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.

Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE

We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.

theverge.com