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Kenya tells Microsoft that $1 billion AI data center would gulp half the country’s electricity
(www.digitaltrends.com)
this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
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Does half mean "half of what it uses now"? Or "all of what it does now"?
If microslop has 1 billion to build a datacenter in Kenya, they can take a fraction of a percent of that budget and slap enough solar panels on it to generate all the electricity they would ever need. It's fucking Kenya.
Literally the thing I cannot understand. They could just do their own electricity and even share back.
Then they have to pay for it, come on, you can't expect a fortune 500 company to pay for their own infrastructure, it's preposterous. It only makes sense that Kenya should just bow in reverence to Microsoft, in exchange for the privilege of giving them all the electrons they can pump out.
Can you imagine such a world, egads
"why didn't you say so sooner, we would have made it bigger!"
😏
I don't think they realise that Microslop doesn't give a shit, they would kill the whole country if they could steal a few million out of it so if you think they give a fuck about your electricity bill increasing or if you don't have power in your home think again.
Microsoft: "Yeah, that sounds like a you problem....BACK TO WORK, DICKHEAD!!!"
For some reason I don't think Microsoft will mind.
“Only half you say? So 25% bigger is what I’m hearing”
Man, if they really wanted to produce some worldwide goodwill, they would build their own production for power and water and make sure there was an excess. Outside of the obvious environmental concerns, the extra jobs, power, and water would be just a huge net benefit for everyone involved. It is such an easy win for public goodwill, but you know, they won't because it costs more.
This is the second time I am seeing this post with the exact same comments, last time a few days ago but this was posted fresh?
the exact same comments
Huh?
Can confirm