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Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix

The data story

Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix is a developing story worth watching.

What shifts

For those following data, centers, raise, nearby, temperatures, this report from Hacker News introduces a variable that could shift existing calculations.

The wider picture

Earlier reporting from Hacker News and comparable outlets sketched the conditions that would eventually produce an event like this.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The editorial line

We read data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in phoenix as a marker of momentum, not a conclusion.

Source note

Hacker News reporting: https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/sustainablebuildings/article/7/2/024501/1233035/Data-Center-Waste-Heat-as-an-Emerging-Urban

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